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Sunday, 15 March 2026

American destroyer minelayer USS Lansdale-101 1918-1939

Destroyer of the DD 75-347 type. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Wickes-class light minelayer. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Wickes-class preceded by Caldwell-classs succeeded by Clemson-class divided into Little-subclass, Lamberton-subclass and Tattnall-subclasses. Laid down by Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA on 20 April 1918, launched on 21 July 1918, commissioned on 26 October 1918, reclassified as light minelayer DM-6 on 11 July 1920, decommissioned on 25 June 1922, recommissioned between 24 March 1931-24 March 1931, hulked for disposal on 28 December 1967, stricken on 25 January 1937 and sold on 16 March 1939. 

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