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DM-28 Tolman
United States Navy destroyer minelayer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Allen M. Sumner - 1944/04/10
Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine
1944/08/13 1944/10/27 1971/12/16
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Namesake: Cdr Charles E. Tolman, CO De Haven, KIA 43/02/01
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44-45: Ms 32/16d


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
45/01/20?       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
45/01/27       San Diego   66 
45/01/3? 45/02/0?     escort Birmingham to P.H.   66 
45/02/23 45/03/0?     sail from P.H. to Eniwetok > Ulithi   66 
45/03/19 45/04 Iceber 52.4     66 
45/03/28   Iceber   atacked by Shinjo Boats off Okinawa  
45/04/03 45/04/13 Iceber   screen TranDiv17 150 miles SE of Okinawa   66 
45/04/18   Iceber   disable(grounded) off Nagunna Reef, Okinawa (26-16N, 127-32E)   66 
45/04/18 45/04/25     still on Nagunna Reef   66 
45/04/25       towed to Kerama Retto   66 
45/05/15 45/06/28     Kerama Retto - drydock   66 
45/06/28 45/07/21     sail from Okinawa to San Pedro, Cal.   66 
45/07/21 45/11/08     San Pedro, California - repairs   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DD-740, 44/07/19 > DM-28, 1970/12/01 struck from Navy List
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