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USS Dorsey (DMS 1)

Destroyer of the Wickes class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Wickes
Pennant	DMS 1
Mod	High speed minesweeper
Built by	William Cramp and Sons (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	18 Sep 1917
Launched	9 Apr 1918
Commissioned	16 Sep 1918
Lost	9 Oct 1945
History	Decommissioned at San Diego, California 9 March 1923 Recommissioned on 1 March 1930 Reclassified as High Speed Minesweeper DMS-1 on 19 November 1940 Lightly damaged by a Kamikaze on 27 March 1945 off Okinawa USS Dorsey was wrecked in a Typhoon off Okinawa 9 October 1945 when she was driven aground (3 casualties) Her hulk was destroyed on 11 January 1946.

Commands listed for USS Dorsey (DMS 1)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Howard Lyman Collins, USN	25 May 1939	15 Jun 1940 (1)
2	Lt. Ronald MacNicol MacKinnon, USN	15 Jun 1940	21 Mar 1942 (1)
3	Lt.Cdr. Wayne Rowe Loud, USN	21 Mar 1942	20 Aug 1943
4	T/Lt.Cdr. Archibald Egerton Teall, USN	20 Aug 1943	16 Jul 1944
5	John Michael Hayes, USNR	16 Jul 1944	23 Jun 1945
6	Gorman Goodrich Powell, Jr., USNR	23 Jun 1945	9 Oct 1945

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Notable events involving Dorsey include:

12 May 1943
During 12/13 May 1943, USS Sailfish (T/Cdr. J.R. Moore, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour with USS Dorsey (T/Cdr. W.R. Loud, USN) and USS Seagull (T/Lt. F.L. van Camp, USN). USS Seagull only participated in the exercises on 12 May though. (2)

19 May 1944
USS Iowa (Capt. J.L. McCrea, USN) departed Majoro Atoll for a two day exercise together with her sister ship USS New Jersey (Capt. C.F. Holden, USN), light carrier USS Belleau Wood (Capt. J. Perry, USN) and destroyers USS Izard (Cdr. M.T. Dayton, USN), USS Charrette (Cdr. E.S. Karpe, USN), USS Bell (Lt.Cdr. J.S.C. Gabbert, USN), USS Burns (Cdr. D.T. Eller, USN), USS Conner (Cdr. W.E. Kaitner, USN), USS Patterson (Lt.Cdr. A.F. White, USN) and USS Dorsey (Lt.Cdr. A.E. Teall, USN).