file created: 12/07/02 00:24:06 , last update: 08/29/01
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DMS-19 Ellyson
United States Navy high-speed minesweeper
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Bristol -
Federal Shipb. & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J.
1941/07/26 1941/11/28 1954/10/20
sold
Namesake: Cdr Theodore G. Ellyson, naval aviator
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     AtlFlt/DesFlot4/DesRon10/DesDiv19     114 
45/01/1?       joinPac  
45/03/24   Iceber 52.2/MineRon20     66 
45/04/01 45/04/1? Iceber 52.2/MineRon20 RP duty   66 
45/04/06   Iceber 52.2/MineRon20 tow disabled Emmons   66 
45/04/07   Iceber 52.2/MineRon20 scuttled Emmons   66 
45/06/22       damaged by kamikaze 9 nm SSE of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (26-04N, 127-55E)   85 
45/07   Juneau 39.?/GF East China Sea - minesweeping duty   66  85 
45/08/1? 45/09     off Tokio   66 
45/08/27     31.2 swept Tokio Bay entrances   81 
45/09/02       Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony   81 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex DD-454, 44/11/15 > DMS-19, 54/10/20 > Japan "Asakaze"
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 7 Battle Stars
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