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Lincoln, Horatio Alonzo, Sr., CAPT USN(Ret).
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Contact Info
Home Town Grand Forks, ND
Last Address Kent, WA
Date of Passing Sep 11, 2001
Location of Interment Oakmont Memorial Park - Lafayette, California
The ship was re-designated from a Wickes Class Destroyer to a Stribling Class Light Minelayer, January 1931.
Namesake: Rear Admiral John B. Montgomery 1794-1873
Laid down by Newport News Shipbuilding on October 2 1917.
Launched March 23 1918 and commissioned July 26 1918.
Decommissioned at San Diego June 6 1922 and berthed there until recommissioning on August 20 1931.
Reclassified Light Minelayer DM-17 January 5 1931.
Recommissioned August 20 1931.
Decommissioned from December 7 1937 until September 25 1939.
The Montgomery was assigned to Mine Divsion Two at Naval Station Pearl Harbor, December 7th, 1941 and was nested at berth D3 along with her sisterships, USS Gamble (DD-123/DM-15) and USS Ramsay (DD-124/DM-16/AG-98).
The Montgomery was irreparably damaged by a mine in Ngulu Lagoon, Caroline Islands October 17 1944.
Stricken April 28 1945.
Fate Sold March 11 1946 and hulk was broken up for scrap
Specifications:
Displacement 1,090 t.
Length 314' 4"
Beam 30' 10"
Draft 9' 2"
Speed 34 kts.
Complement 103
Armament: Four 4"/50 mounts, one 3"/23 mount, one depth charge projector and two depth charge tracks
Propulsion: Four Yarrow/Thornycroft boilers, two 24,200shp Curtis geared turbines, two shafts.
