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DM-23 Robert H. Smith
United States Navy destroyer minelayer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Allen M. Sumner - 1944/01/10
Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine
1944/05/25 1944/08/04 1973/12/03
scrap
Namesake: Cdr Robert Holmes Smith, CO Henley ?? KIA ??
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44: Ms 32/25d


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/12/01?       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
44/12/09       San Pedro, Cal.   66 
44/12/21       P.H.   66 
45/01/27 45/03/09 Detach   Iwojima - RP duty   66 
45/03/09 45/03/16     escort convoy from Iwojima to Saipan, then sail to Ulithi   66 
45/03/19 45/04/05 Iceber 52.2     66 
45/03/25   Iceber 52.2 damage(planes) off Iwojima (26-00N, 128-00E)   85 
45/04/05 45/04/21     escort convoy from Okinawa to Guam and back   66 
45/04/21 45/06/04 Iceber   Okinawa - RP duty   66 
45/05/2? 45/05/27 Iceber   Okinawa/RP16   66 
45/06/04 45/06/1? Iceber   Okinawa - screen transport area   66 
45/06/13 45/06/25     minesweeping operations off Mijako Shima   66 
45/06/25 45/07 Juneau 39 minesweeping operations E of Shanghai   66 
45/07 45/08     minesweeping operations SW of Kjushu   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DD-735, 44/07/19 > DM-23, 1971/02/26 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 5 Battle Stars
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