Photos and the story

Henry A. Wiley

Class	Robert H. Smith class
Type	Light minelayer (DM)
Hull	DM-29
Builder	Bethlehem, Staten Island
Launched	1944-04-21
Commissioned	1944-08-31
Fate	Afloat. 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-29. Finished from a Sumner hull.

The pictures on this page are the originals.