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Monday, 2 February 2026

American destroyer minelayer USS Luce DD-99 1918-1936

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 9 February 1918, launched on 29 June 1918, commissioned on 11 September 1918, reclassified as DM-4 on 18 March 1920, decommissioned on 30 June 1922, recommissioned between 19 March 1930-31 January 1931, stricken on 7 January 1936 and sold on 29 September 1936 and broken up on 13 November 1936. 

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