file created: 12/07/02 00:52:55 , last update: 07/25/02
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DMS-12 Long
United States Navy high-speed minesweeper
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
flushdeck - 1918/09/23
William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding, Philadelphia, 		1919/04/26 1919/10/20 1945/01/06
sunk
Namesake:
TTD differences from class:sunk 16-12N, 120-11E
Camouflage:


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/05 41/12/09   3/MineRon2     66 
41/12/07     BatForPac/MineRon2/MineDiv5 & TF 3 off Johnston Is   66  114 
41/12/09 42/03     Hawaii - ASW and escort duty   66 
42/03 42/06     escort runs betw. Hawaii, Midway, Palmyra, Canton   66 
42/06/30 42/07/07?     sail P.H. > Aleutians   66 
42/07/07? 42/07/27   8 Aleutians   66 
42/07/27     8 damage(collision with Monaghan) off Kiska   66 
42/08 42/09     San Francisco - repairs   66 
42/09/27 43/09   8 Aleutians   66 
43/01/12     8/B land Amcitka   66 
43/05/03 43/06 Landcr 51/MineGrp/MineRon2/MineDiv5 land Attu   85 
43/08/10 43/08/2 Cotta 16/DMSGrp/MineRon2 land Kiska   85 
43/09/16       P.H.   66 
43/10 43/11     San Francisco - overhaul   66 
43/11/15 44/01/22     P.H. - patrol duty   66 
44/02/02       reinforce Roi, Namur   66 
44/02/28   Brewer 76 New Guinea   66 
44/03/02   Brewer 76.2.3     121 
44/03/03 44/03/1? Brewer 76/MineDiv5 land Admiralty Is.   66  86 
44/04/18 44/04/25? Reckle 77.2 land Humboldt Bay  
44/05/29 44/08 Forage 52.13/Unit1/MineRon2    
44/06/28       departed Eniwetok   88 
44/08/11       Eniwetok   88 
44/08/16 44/10/04 Stale2 32.5     66 
44/10/04 44/10/23 King2 77.5/MineRon2     66 
44/10/23 44/10/30     escort empty transports Leyte > Manus   66 
44/10/30 44/12/23     Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/12/30   Mike1 77.6/MineRon2    
45/01/06   Mike1 77.6/MineRon2 sunk(kami - 2) (16-12N, 120-11E) - 1 KIA, 35 WIA   86  85 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DD-209, 40/11/19 > DMS-12; sunk 16-12N, 120-11E
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 9 Battle Stars
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