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DMS-17 Perry
United States Navy high-speed minesweeper
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
flushdeck - 1920/09/15
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Cal.
1921/10/29 1922/08/07 1944/09/13
sunk
Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42-43: Ms 21


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     BatForPac/MineRon2/MineDiv4 P.H.   81  114 
41/12/1? 42/05/31     P.H. - offshore patrols   66 
42/05/31 42/06/0?     sail P.H. > Mare Island   66 
42/06/0? 42/07/31     MINY - overhaul   66 
42/09 43/09/08   8/16 Aleutians   66 
43/05/19 43/05/21     Efate   81 
43/07/22     16.12 shell Kiska   85 
43/08/10 43/08/2 Cotta 16/DMSGrp/MineRon2     85 
43/09/08 43/09/2?     sail Adak > P.H. > San Francisco   66 
43/09/2? 43/11     San Francisco - overhaul   66 
43/11/27 44/01     P.H.   66 
44/01/31 44/02/05 Flint 52.7.2/MineDiv4    
44/02/05 44/02/1?     escort transports Kwajalein > Noumea   66 
44/03 44/04/03     Solomons - minesweeping duty   66 
44/04/03 44/04/07     sail Solomons > Milne Bay, New Guinea   66 
44/04/18 44/04/2? Reckle 77.3 land Aitape   66 
44/04/2? 44/05/06     New Guinea   66 
44/05/29 44/06/26 Forage 52.13/Unit1/MineRon2    
44/06/17 44/06/17 Forage 52.10    
44/06/26 44/06/3? Forage   sail Saipan > Eniwetok   66 
44/07 44/07/26 Forage 53.1    
44/09/06 44/09/13 Stale2 32/MineGrp/MineRon2     66 
44/09/13   Stale2 32/MineGrp/MineRon2 sunk(mine) 750 yards off SE coast of Angaur, Palau (06-53N, 134-10E)  

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DD-340, 40/11/19 > DMS-17; sunk 06-53N, 134-10E
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 6 Battle Stars
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