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Friday, 10 April 2026

American destroyer minelayer USS Ludlow DD-112 1918-1931

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, USA on 7 January 1918, launched on 9 June 1918, commissioned on 23 December 1918, reclassified as ligth minelayer DM-10 on 17 July 1920, decommissioned on 24 May 1930, stricken on 18 November 1930 and sold to be broken up on 10 March 1931.

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