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Thursday, 12 February 2026

American destroyer minelayer USS Burns DD-171 1918-1932

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 Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California, USA on 15 April 1918, launched on 4 July 1918, commissioned on 7 August 1919, reclassified as DM-11 on 15 March 1921, decommissioned on 2 June 1930, stricken on 30 November 1930 and sold to be broken up on 22 April 1932. 

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