file created: 12/07/02 01:03:37 , last update: 04/24/00
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DM-21 Sicard
United States Navy destroyer minelayer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
flushdeck - 1919/08/18
Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine
1920/04/20 1920/06/09 1946/06/22
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Namesake: RAdm Sicard
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 43: Ms 21, 44: Ms 32/??


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07 42/01/28   BatForPac/MineRon1/MineDiv1 PHNY - overhaul   66  114 
42/01/28 42/06/19     P.H. - ASW patrols   66 
42/04/01 42/04/09   MineDiv1 lay minefield off French Frigate Shoals   66 
42/04/10 42/04/18     setup USMC radio station at Easter Is., Midway Attol   66 
42/06/2?       lay minefield off Seattle   66 
42/07       lay minefield off Kodiak, Alaska   66 
42/07/27 42/09/16     P.H.   66 
42/09/2? 42/11/22     Aleutians - minelaying and patrol duty   66 
42/12 42/12/22     San Francisco - overhaul   66 
42/12/2? 43/04/24     San Diego - amphibious training   66 
43/04/24 43/06/02 Landcr 51/TranGrp/MineDiv1 land Attu   85  81 
43/05/10   Landcr 51/TranGrp/MineDiv1 land Attu - crash(MacDonough) - tow MacDonough to Adak   85  66  81
43/05/2? 43/07/29     San Francisco - repairs   66 
43/08 43/08/2? Cotta 16/TranGrp     66 
43/09/0? 43/09/15     escort convoy Aleutians > P.H.   66 
43/09/15 43/09/24     P.H.   66 
43/09/24 43/10/0?     escort convoy P.H. > Esp. Santo > Noumea   66 
43/10/06 43/10/07     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/21 43/10/24     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/29 43/10/31     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/10/30 43/11 Shoe2 31/MineRon1 land Cape Torokina   66 
43/11/07 43/11/07     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/08       lay minefield off Bougainville   66 
43/11/24       lay minefield off Shortland   66 
43/11/30 43/12/09     Esp. Santo   88 
43/12 44/04     escort duty between Esp. Santo, Tulagi, Noumea, Fiji, Kwajalein   66 
44/05/02 44/05/10     2 times lay minefield off Buka Is.   66 
44/06 44/07     convoy escort duty   66 
44/07/11 44/09/20     Alameda, California - overhaul   66 
44/10/04 44/10/10     sail San Francisco > P.H.   66 
44/10/10 45/01/09     P.H. - training duty with submarines   66 
45/02 45/09     Midway - submarine training duty   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DD-346, 37/06/20 > DM-21, 45/06/05 > AG-100, 45/12/19 struck
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 2 Battle Stars
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