file created: 12/07/02 01:03:17 , last update: 06/30/00
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DM-30 Shea
United States Navy destroyer minelayer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Allen M. Sumner - 1943/12/23
Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Is., N.Y.
1944/05/20 1944/09/30 1974/08/16
scrap
Namesake: Cdr John J. Shea, naval aviator
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44: Ms 32/25d, 45: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/12/20 44/12/29     joinPac - escort (with Adams) Bennington to San Diego   66 
44/12/29 45/01/01     San Diego   66 
45/01/01 45/01/07     sail San Diego > P.H.   66 
45/03/02 45/03/19     Eniwetok   66 
45/03/19 45/05 Iceber 52.3     66 
45/04/22   Iceber   damage(planes) 20 nm SW of Kerama Retto (26-00N, 127-00E)   66  85 
45/05/04   Iceber   disable(Baka bomb) RP14/Okinawa (27-26N, 126-59E) - 27 KIA, 91 WIA   66 
45/05/04 45/05/15     Kerama Retto - temporary repairs   66 
45/05/15 45/05/2?   51.29.9 sail from Okinawa to Ulithi   66 
45/05/27 45/06/06     sail from Ulithi to P.H.   66 
45/06/09 45/07/02     sail from P.H. to San Diego > Panama > Philadelphia   66 
45/06/2?       leftPac - Panama Canal   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DD-750, 1969/01/30 > MMD-30, 1973/09/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 1 Battle Star
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