file created: 12/07/02 00:32:51 , last update: 06/28/00
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DMS-28 Harding
United States Navy high-speed minesweeper
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Bristol - . .
Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Wash.
1942/06/28 1943/05/25 1947/04/16
scrap
Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 43: Ms 22, 44: Ms 32/3d


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
45/01/07?       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
45/01/15 45/02/10     San Diego - training   66 
45/02/10 45/03/09     sail from San Diego to P.H. > Ulithi   66 
45/03/09 45/03/19     Ulithi   66 
45/03/19 45/04/16 Iceber 52.2     66 
45/04/06   Iceber 52.2 damaged by bomb 20 nm SW of Kerama Retto (26-00N, 127-00E)   85 
45/04/16   Iceber 52.2 disable(kami) 22 nm NW of Zampa Misaki, Okinawa (26-42N, 127-25E) - 14 KIA,8 MIA,9 WIA   66  85 
45/04/16 45/07/?     Kerama Retto - repairs   66 
45/07? 45/08/22     sail from Kerama Retto to Saipan > P.H.   66 
45/08/22 45/09     P.H.   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: DD-625, 1944/11/15 > DMS-28, 1945/11/02 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 3 Battle Stars
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