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DMS-29 Butler
United States Navy high-speed minesweeper
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Bristol - | . . Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | 1942/02/12 | 1942/08/15 | 1948/01/10
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| Namesake: MajGen Smedley D. Butler (USMC) *1881/07/30, +1940/06/21 Spanish War - aboard cruiser New York, 1914 CMH for action in Veracruz, 1915 2nd CMH for service at Haiti, DSM (both Army and Navy) for service in France during WWI | |||||
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| Camouflage: 42-43: Ms 22, 45: Ms 22 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 45/01/1? | MineRon20 | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | ||
| 45/01/2? | 45/03/2? | P.H., Ulithi - training | 66 | ||
| 45/03/19 | 45/05/25 | Iceber | 52.2/MineRon2 | 66 | |
| 45/04/28 | Iceber | 52.2/MineRon2 | damage(kami) 20 nm SW of Kerama Retto (26-00N, 127-00E) | 66 | |
| 45/05/25 | Iceber | 52.2/MineRon2 | disable(kami) at Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (26-12N, 127-50E) - 15 WIA | 66 86 85 | |
| 45/05/26 | 45/08?? | Kerama Retto - repairs | 66 | ||
| 45/08/26 | west coast | 66 | |||