Pacific ships
DM-31

USN · DM

Afloat

Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer, DM-31. Finished from a Sumner hull.

ClassRobert H. Smith class
TypeLight minelayer (DM)
HullDM-31
BuilderBethlehem, Staten Island
Launched1944-07-04
Commissioned1944-10-28
FateAfloat. Survived the war. Damaged by a kamikaze off Okinawa. Decommissioned on 28 September 1945 and scrapped in 1946.
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.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

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