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Gwin

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ClassRobert H. Smith class
TypeLight minelayer (DM)
HullDM-33
BuilderBethlehem, San Pedro
Launched1944-04-09
Commissioned1944-09-30
FateAfloat. Survived the war.
Armament (class)A Sumner hull finished as a fast minelayer, without torpedo tubes.

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer, DM-33. Finished from a Sumner hull. This is not the earlier Gwin (DD-433).

The pictures on this page are the originals.