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Tuesday, 21 April 2026

American destroyer minelayer USS Sproston DD-173 1918-1937

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 20 April 1918, launched on 10 August 1918, commissioned on 12 July 1919, reclassified as minelayer DM-13 on 17 July 1920, decommissioned at Pearl Harbor, Hawaiion 15 August 1922, stricken on 1 December 1936 and sunk as a target on 20 July 1937. 

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