file created: 12/07/02 01:03:54 , last update: 07/25/02
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DMS-10 Southard
United States Navy high-speed minesweeper
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
flushdeck - 1918/08/18
William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding, Philadelphia, 		1919/03/31 1919/09/24 1946/01/14
sunk
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/05 41/12/09   3     66 
41/12/07     BatForPac/MineRon2/MineDiv5 & TF 3 off Johnston Is   66  114 
41/12/09 42/01/23     P.H. - patrol duty   66 
42/01/23 42/02/15     escort convoy P.H. > San Francisco and back   66 
42/02/15 42/05/20     P.H. - patrol duty   66 
42/05/20 42/05/31     escort convoy P.H. > San Francisco   66 
42/05/31 42/06/10     MINY - availability   66 
42/07/01 42/07/10     P.H.   66 
42/07/10 42/07/22     escort AP-4 Argonne P.H. > Samoa > Tongatabu, Fiji (with Hovey)   66 
42/07/25 42/08/07     sail Tongatabu > Efate > Guadalcanal   66 
42/08 42/08/1? Watch 62/MineRon2/MineDiv5    
42/08/1? 43/03     escort duty betw. Esp. Santo, Efate, Noumea, Tulagi, Guadalcanal   66 
42/10/12       tow (with Hovey) PT-38, PT-46, PT-48, PT-60 from Esp. Santo to point 300 nm S of Tulagi   85 
42/11/10       sinking I-15 5 nm off Hada Bay, San Cristobal (10-13S, 161-09E)   85 
43/03/20 43/04/19     sail Noumea > Fiji > Pago Pago > P.H. > San Francisco   66 
43/04/19 43/06/08     MINY - overhaul   66 
43/06/08 43/06/15     sail Mare Island > P.H.   66 
43/06/15 43/06/24     P.H.   66 
43/06/24 43/07/07     sail P.H. > New Caledony   66 
43/07/20       Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/19 43/08/30     Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/08 43/09/16     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/04 43/10/04     Port Purivs, Tulagi   88 
43/10/16 43/10/24     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/28 43/10/31     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/10/30 43/11/03 Shoe2 31/MineRon2/MineDiv5     66 
43/11/03       Tulagi   66 
43/11/07       Empress Augusta Bay - investigate shoals   66 
43/11/1? 43/11/21     Guadalcanal - escort duty   66 
43/11/15 43/11/16     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/21 43/11/26     sail Tulagi > Noumea   66 
43/11/21 43/11/21     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/26 43/12/19     Noumea - drills, screening duty   66 
43/12/19       sail from Noumea to Guadalcanal   66 
43/12/2? 44/05     Solomons - escort duty   66 
44/05/10 44/05/17     Esp. Santo   66 
44/05/17 44/05/31     sail Esp. Santo > Funafuti (05/19) > P.H. (05/24-05/25) >San Francisco   66 
44/06/01 44/08     MINY - overhaul   66 
44/08/05 44/08/12     P.H.   66 
44/08/12 44/08/24     sail P.H. > Tulagi   66 
44/08/24 44/08/27     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
44/08/25 44/09/04     exercises   66 
44/09/04 44/09/24 Stale2 32/MineGrp/MineRon2     66 
44/09/24       Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/09/25? 44/10/04     Palaus - patrol and screening duty   66 
44/10/04 44/10/10     Manus   66 
44/10/10 44/10/24 King2 77.6     66 
44/10/24 44/10/26 King2 77.4     66 
44/10/30 44/12/22     Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/12/22 45/01/10 Mike1 77.6/MineRon2     70 
45/01/06   Mike1 77.6/MineRon2 damage(kami) off Luzon (16-20N, 120-10E)   70  85 
45/01/10 45/01/11 Mike1 79.14.2 sail from Lingayen Gulf toward Leyte, detached back to Lingayen   66  105 
45/01/14 45/02/04     San Pedro Bay, Leyte - repairs   66 
45/02/04 45/02/08     sail San Pedro > Ulithi (02/06) > Guam   66 
45/02/13 45/02/22     escort AS-12 Sperry from Guam to P.H.   66 
45/02/22 45/05     PHNY - repairs   66 
45/05/04 45/05/12     sail P.H. > Eniwetok   66 
45/05/13? 45/05/20?     escort APA Clinton and Buckingham from Eniwetok to Guam   66 
45/05/21 45/05/23?     sail Guam > Okinawa   66 
45/05/23? 45/09/15     Okinawa - minesweeping, screening, mail delivering, FSG duty   66 
45/05/27       damaged(kami) 20nm SE of Kerama Retto (26-00N, 127-00E)   85 
45/07/05 45/09 Juneau 39 minesweeping operations off Okinawa, East China Sea   85 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DD-207, 1940/10/19 > DMS-10, 46/01/06 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 10 Battle Stars
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