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Destroyer minesweeper
Destroyer minesweeper was a designation given by the United States Navy to a series of destroyers that were converted into high-speed ocean-going minesweepers for service during World War II. The hull classification symbol for this type of ship was "DMS". Forty-two ships were so converted, beginning with the , converted to DMS 1 in late 1940, and ending with the , converted to DMS-42 in mid 1945. The type is now obsolete, its function having been taken over by purpose-built ships, designated as "minesweeper (high-speed)" with hull classification symbol MMD.
The original ships were obsolete four-stack destroyers built during and after World War I with usable power plants. The number 4 boiler, fourth stack, and torpedo tubes were removed, depth charge racks repositioned forward from the stern and angled outboard, and the stern modified to support sweep gear: davits, winch, paravanes, and kites. Two 60-kilowatt turbo-generators replaced the three original 25-kilowatt generators to improve capability for sweeping magnetic and acoustic mines.
Conversion of the initial seventeen ships was completed in October and November 1940, and included eight ''Wickes'' class and nine ''Clemson''-class destroyers. An additional ''Wickes''-class destroyer was converted in 1941. The fictional USS ''Caine'' from Herman Wouk's novel ''The Caine Mutiny'' was a converted ''Clemson''-class ship. The 24 later ships in the series were ''Gleaves''-class destroyers built during the war.
==See also==
* List of destroyer-minesweepers
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