USS Carmick (DD-493)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Builder: | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Laid down: | 29 May 1941 |
| Launched: | 8 March 1942 |
| Commissioned: | 28 December 1942 |
| Reclassified: | DMS-33, 23 June 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 February 1954 |
| Struck: | 1 July 1971 |
| Fate: | Sold 7 August 1972 and broken up for scrap |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Gleaves-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,630 tons |
| Length: | 348 ft 3 in (106.15 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft 10 in (3.61 m) |
| Propulsion: | 50,000 shp (37 MW); 4 boilers; 2 propellers |
| Speed: | 37.4 knots (69 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,500 nautical miles at 12 kn (12,000 km at 22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 16 officers, 260 enlisted |
| Armament: | 5 × 5 in (127 mm) dual purpose guns, 6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) guns, 6 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons , 10 × 21 in (53 cm) torpedo tubes, 2 × depth charge tracks |
USS Carmick (DD-493/DMS-33), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Major Daniel Carmick (1772–1816), an officer in the United States Marine Corps who served during the Quasi-War with France and during the War of 1812.
Carmick was launched 8 March 1942 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co., Seattle, Washington; sponsored by Mrs. H. L. Merrill; and commissioned 28 December 1942, Commander W. S. Whiteside in command. Later in the ship's career, she would be designated destroyer minesweeper DMS-33. After the ship decommissioned, her designation would be reverted back to DD-493.
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