USN · DM
Montgomery
Photos and infoWickes-class destroyer, later the light minelayer DM-17. She was DD-121, the fifth Navy ship of the name, for Rear Admiral John Berrien Montgomery. In port at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 and not hit. A mine off Ngulu on 17 October 1944 killed four. She was not sunk. Decommissioned 23 April 1945 and sold for scrap on 11 March 1946.
| Class | Wickes class |
|---|---|
| Type | Light minelayer (DM) |
| Hull | DM-17 |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding |
| Launched | 1918-03-23 |
| Commissioned | 1918-07-26 |
| Fate | Afloat. Wickes-class destroyer, DD-121, later the light minelayer DM-17. In port at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 and not hit. A mine off Ngulu on 17 October 1944 flooded her engine rooms and killed four. She was not sunk. Decommissioned 23 April 1945, struck 28 April 1945, sold for scrap 11 March 1946. |
| Armament (class) | Flush-deck four-piper. Four funnels. |
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.
Montgomery, hull number 121, and Radford, hull number 120, at the Norfolk Navy Yard, about 1919 to 1921. Montgomery is the nearer ship. Radford is DD-120, not the later destroyer DD-446. This is DD-121, later the light minelayer DM-17. U.S. Navy photograph. Public domain.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Attack on Pearl Harbor
1941-12-07 · in the harbor; not hit
