USS Emmons
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USS Emmons was a Gleaves-class destroyer of the United States Navy, named for Rear Admiral George F. Emmons.
USS Emmons at anchor c 1942
Emmons near Norfolk Naval Shipyard, November 1943
Destroyer minesweeper
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Destroyer minesweeper was a designation given by the United States Navy to a series of destroyers that were converted into high-speed ocean-going minesweepers for service during World War II. The hull
USS Emmons
…Corsican ports, but she returned to patrol off the French Riviera until October. Emmons put into Boston on 9 November 1944 for conversion to a high-speed destroyer minesweeper, and was reclassified as DMS-22. After training in the Atlantic and exercises in the Hawaiian Islands, she entered Ulithi to stage for the invasion of…
Minesweeper USS Hovey, June 1942, pre-conversion, 4 smokestacks, and 4" guns front and rear, around 8 x 50 cal AA guns
WWII paravane
How a bow-attached paravane cuts a moored mine
Cutting a moored mine. A paravane and kite replace the "Otter" and "Depressor", with the paravane doing the cutting