US Navy

Highspeed Minesweeper (DMS)
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USS Macomb (DMS-23)

Classification 

42 DMS were obtained converting old DD, retaining the former name.
10 DMS were eventually redesignated AG.

Types 

DMS High Speed Minesweeper

Links 

NavSource: DMS

PennantShip NameCall SignClassShipyardLaid DownLaunchedCompletedFateNotes
DMS 1Dorsey   Dorsey Cramp SB, Philadelphia 1917-09-18 1918-04-09 1918-09-16 1945-10-09 lost (incident) grounded in typhoon at Okinawa, total loss
DMS 2Lamberton   Dorsey Newport News SB & DD 1917-10-01 1918-03-30 1918-08-22 1947-05-09 sold (scrap) to National Metal & Steel Co., Terminal Island. CA
DMS 3Boggs   Dorsey Navy Yard, Mare Island - Vallejo 1917-11-15 1918-04-25 1918-09-23 1946-11-27 sold (scrap)
DMS 4Elliot   Dorsey Cramp SB, Philadelphia 1918-02-23 1918-07-04 1919-01-26 1946-01-29 sold (scrap)
DMS 5Palmer   Dorsey Bethlehem Steel Co., Fore River 1918-05-29 1918-08-18 1918-11-22 1945-01-07 lost (target) by aircraft
DMS 6Hogan   Dorsey Union Iron Works, San Francisco 1918-11-25 1919-04-12 1919-10-01 1945-11-08 lost (target) off San Diego, CA
DMS 7Howard   Dorsey Union Iron Works, San Francisco 1918-12-09 1919-04-26 1920-01-29 1946 sold (scrap) to Northern Metals Co., Philadelphia, PA
DMS 8Stansbury   Dorsey Union Iron Works, San Francisco 1918-12-09 1919-05-16 1920-01-08 1947-01-27 scrapped
DMS 9Chandler   Chandler Cramp SB, Philadelphia 1918-08-19 1919-03-19 1919-09-05 1946-11-18 sold (scrap)
DMS 10Southard   Chandler Cramp SB, Philadelphia 1918-08-18 1919-03-31 1919-09-24 1945-09 lost (incident) grounded at Tsuken Shima, Ryukyus Islands, Japan
DMS 11Hovey   Chandler Cramp SB, Philadelphia 1918-09-07 1919-04-26 1919-10-02 1945-01-07 lost (war) sunk by Japanese bombers, Lingayen Gulf
DMS 12Long   Chandler Cramp SB, Philadelphia 1918-09-23 1919-04-26 1919-10-02 1945-01-06 lost (target) by aircraft
DMS 13Hopkins 3   Chandler New York SB Co., Camden 1919-07-30 1920-06-26 1921-03-21 1946-11-08 sold (scrap) to Heglo Sales Corp., Hillsdale, NJ
DMS 14Zane 1   Chandler Navy Yard, Mare Island - Vallejo 1919-01-15 1919-08-12 1921-02-15 1946-10-22 sold (scrap) to Luria Bros. Co., Philadelphia, PA
DMS 15Wasmuth Chandler Navy Yard, Mare Island - Vallejo 1919-08-12 1920-09-15 1921-12-16 1942-12-27 lost (war) by her own depth charges during a gale, in Alaskan waters
DMS 16Trever   Chandler Navy Yard, Mare Island - Vallejo 1919-08-12 1920-09-15 1922-08-03 1945-11-12 sold (scrap)
DMS 17Perry 3   Chandler Navy Yard, Mare Island - Vallejo 1920-09-15 1921-10-29 1922-08-07 1944-09-13 lost (war) sunk by mines, off Palau
DMS 18Hamilton   Dorsey Navy Yard, Mare Island - Vallejo 1918-06-08 1919-01-15 1919-11-17 1946-11-21 sold (scrap) to Hugo New, New York, NY
DMS 19Ellyson   Ellyson Federal SB, Kearny 1940-12-02 1941-07-25 1941-11-28 1976 lost during a taiwanese war movie
DMS 20Hambleton   Ellyson
DMS 21Rodman   Ellyson
DMS 22Emmons   Ellyson
DMS 23Macomb   Ellyson Bath Iron Works, Bath
DMS 24Forrest   Ellyson
DMS 25Fitch   Ellyson
DMS 26Hobson   Ellyson
DMS 27Jeffers   Ellyson
DMS 28Harding   Ellyson
DMS 29Butler   Ellyson Navy Yard, Philadelphia 1942-02-12 1942-08-15
DMS 30Gherardi   Ellyson
DMS 31Mervine   Ellyson
DMS 32Quick   Ellyson
DMS 33Carmick   Ellyson
DMS 34Doyle   Ellyson
DMS 35Endicott   Ellyson
DMS 36McCook   Ellyson
DMS 37Davison   Ellyson
DMS 38Thompson   Ellyson
DMS 39Cowie   Ellyson
DMS 40Knight   Ellyson
DMS 41Doran   Ellyson
DMS 42Earle   Ellyson