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Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer
Not to be confused with
USS Lindsay (DE-519)
.
History United States Name Lindsey Namesake Eugene E. Lindsey Builder San Pedro, California
Laid down 12 September 1943 Launched 5 March 1944 Commissioned 20 August 1944 Decommissioned 25 May 1946 Stricken 1 October 1970 Fate Sunk as a target 9 May 1972 General characteristics Class and type Robert H. Smith -classdestroyer Displacement 2,380 tons Length 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) Beam 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) Draft 18 ft 10 in (5.74 m) Speed 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) Complement 363 officers and enlisted Armament
USS Lindsey (DD-771/DM-32/MMD-32) was a
.
Lindsey was
launched on 5 March 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Eugene E. Lindsey, widow of Lt. Comdr. Lindsey. The ship was reclassified DM-32 on 19 July 1944 and
commissioned on 20 August 1944.
Service history After shakedown off southern
Okinawa
.
View of extensive damage to the ship's forward hull and superstructure, received when she was struck by two kamikaze planes off Okinawa on 12 April 1945. Underway 19 March, Lindsey arrived off Okinawa on 24 March and swept the harbor for the inbound transports. Then, as the
bow. Only the “all back full” ordered by Commander Chambers prevented the pressure of inrushing water from collapsing the fireroom bulkhead and sinking the ship.
[1] Towed to
Kerama Retto the same night,
Lindsey remained in the lagoon for two weeks repairing battle damage. On 28 April she departed under tow for
Guam , where, after arrival 6 May, she received a temporary bow. She sailed under her own power 8 July for the east coast via Pearl Harbor and the
Panama Canal , arriving in
Norfolk, Virginia on 19 August 1945.
After extensive repairs at the
on 1 October 1970.
Lindsey was sunk as a target on 9 May 1972.
Lindsey received two battle stars for World War II.
References External links
Other operators
Argentine Navy Seguí class
Seguí
(ex-Hank )Hipólito Bouchard Borie )Piedra Buena
(ex-Collett )(Mansfield was purchased by the Argentine Navy for spare parts) Brazilian Navy Mato Grosso classChilean Navy Lo Yang class
Hsiang Yang
(ex-Brush )Heng Yang
(ex-Samuel N. Moore )Hua Yang Bristol )Yuen Yang
(ex-Haynsworth )Huei Yang
(ex-English )Po Yang Maddox )Lo Yang
(ex-Taussig )Nan Yang
(ex-John W. Thomason )(Lyman K. Swenson , John A. Bole , Lofberg were purchased by the Republic of China Navy for spare parts) Colombian National Navy
Caldas Willard Keith )Santander
(ex-Waldron ) Hellenic Navy Babr class
Babr
(ex-Zellars )Palang
(ex-Stormes ) Dae Gu class
Dae Gu
(ex-Wallace L. Lind )Incheon De Haven ) Turkish Navy
Zafer
(ex-Hugh Purvis )Muavenet Gwin ) Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela
Carabobo Beatty )Falcón
(ex-Robert K. Huntington )
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in April 1945
Shipwrecks
1 Apr: Awa Maru
2 Apr: CD-186 USS Dickerson , U-321
3 Apr: Brummer USS S-16 , U-1221 U-2542 U-3505 T111
4 Apr: USS Dickerson , U-237 U-749 U-3003
5 Apr: U-242 USS S-17
6 Apr: Amatsukaze USS Bush , USS Colhoun , USS Leutze , USS Morris , USS Newcomb , USS Witter , SS Hobbs Victory SS Logan Victory
7 Apr: Asashimo Hamakaze Isokaze Isuzu Kasumi USS LST-447 , Oldenburg USS PGM-18 , U-1195 Yahagi Yamato
8 Apr: U-774 U-1001
9 Apr: Admiral Scheer Ro-56 U-677 U-747 U-804 U-843 U-982 U-1065 U-2509 U-2514 U-3512 U-2516
10 Apr: U-878 Weser
12 Apr: USS Mannert L. Abele , Ro-64 U-486
13 Apr: Karlsruhe U-1024
14 Apr: Belgian Airman U-235 U-1206
15 Apr: U-103 U-285 U-1063 U-1235
16 Apr: HMCS Esquimalt , Lützow USS Pringle , U-78 U-880 U-1274
17 Apr: Goya
19 Apr: Aquila U-251 U-548 U-879
21 Apr: U-636
22 Apr: USS Swallow , U-518
23 Apr: USS Eagle Boat 56 , U-183
24 Apr: USS Frederick C. Davis , U-108 U-546
25 Apr: Graf Zeppelin Ro-109 TA 32 U-326
27 Apr: Canada Victory TA 34
28 Apr: CH-17 U-56
29 Apr: I-44 U-56 U-286 U-307 U-1017
30 Apr: HMS Goodall , TA 43 U-879 U-1107
Unknown date: I-56 Ro-46 Ro-49 USS Snook , U-246 U-325 U-396 U-398 U-548 U-857 U-1055 Other incidents
2 Apr: USS Dickerson
5 Apr: USS Thornton
6 Apr: USS Defense , USS Emmons , USS Mullany , USS Rodman
8 Apr: USS Bullhead
9 Apr: USS Sea Devil
11 Apr: I-401
12 Apr: USS Lindsey , U-1024 USS Zellars
14 Apr: USS Sigsbee
15 Apr: HMS Ekins , USS Laffey
16 Apr: USS Bryant , Goya USS Harding
19 Apr: USS Bullhead , USS Pogy ,USS Tolman
27 Apr: HMS Redmill
28 Apr: Argo USS Huron
29 Apr: USS Baya
30 Apr: U-3525
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