Allied Warships

USS Gwin (ii) (DM 33)

Destroyer of the Allen M. Sumner class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Allen M. Sumner
Pennant	DM 33
Mod	Destroyer Minelayer
Built by	Bethlehem Steel Corp. (San Pedro, California, U.S.A.)
Ordered	7 Aug 1942
Laid down	31 Oct 1943
Launched	9 Apr 1944
Commissioned	30 Sep 1944
End service	3 Apr 1958
History	Former DD 772, completed as Destroyer Minelayer DM-33. Decommissioned 3 April 1958. Reclassified as MMD-33 on 1 January 1969. Stricken 22 October 1971. Transferred to Turkey 15 August 1971 being renamed Muavenet. Muavenet was heavily damaged by a Sea Sparrow Missile fired by accident by USS Saratoga CV-60 during a NATO exercise on 2 October 1992. Muavenet was stricken and broken up for scrap after this accident.

Commands listed for USS Gwin (ii) (DM 33)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. Frederic Samuel Steinke, USN	30 Sep 1944	23 Sep 1945
2	T/Cdr. Elmer Cecil Long, USN	23 Sep 1945	3 Sep 1946

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Notable events involving Gwin (ii) include:

3 Jan 1945
USS Gwin arrived at Pearl Harbor.

10 Jan 1945
USS Gwin departed from Pearl Harbor bound for Saipan.

20 Jan 1945
USS Gwin arrived at Saipan where she joined Battleship Division 7. Gwin then participated in the preliminary bombardment of Iwo Jima before returning to Pearl Harbor.

23 Feb 1945
USS Gwin departed from Pearl Harbor bound for Eniwetok.

17 Mar 1945
USS Gwin departed from Eniwetok to participate in the operations of Okinawa.

4 May 1945
While operating of Okinawa USS Gwin is damaged when she is hit by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft in position 26°13'N, 126°22'E. Repairs were made in the Okinawa area.

29 Aug 1945
USS Gwin enters Tokyo Bay.