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.

On June 6, 1944, it bombarded the German positions in the area of Omaha Beach and then participated in the following days to the naval fire support to the Allied land forces. On June 10, it managed to destroy a German Heinkel bomber flying over the armada.

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DANIEL CARMICK. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, March 2016. Born in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1772, Daniel Carmick was appointed lieutenant of Marines in Ganges 5 May 1798, and entered the new Marine Corps as captain 11 July 1798.

Mar 30, 2016 · After preinactivation overhaul at San Francisco, Carmick was placed out of commission in reserve 13 February 1954. She was reclassified DD-493 on 15 July 1955. Carmick received three battle...

The Carmick fired a series of rapid-fire salvoes from her 5-inch guns into the suspicious area. After a few minutes, Beer saw that the tank gunners had shifted their fire to another site, and Beer directed his gunnery officer to follow suit.

On 13 November 1943, USS Ira Jeffery fuelled from USS Salamonie. The convoy arrived in U.K. waters on 16 November 1943. USS Carmick and USS Lee Fox had been unable to rejoin the convoy before it's arrival.

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USS Carmick (DD-493) while part of Fire-Support Group "O" assigned to Omaha Beach. Photo taken from "US Destroyer Operations in World War II" by Theodore Roscoe. Robert Hurst

May 30, 2024 · USS Carmick (DD-493/ DMS-33) was a Gleaves class destroyer that served on convoy escort duty in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, supported the D-Day invasion and the invasion of the South of France, and after the war served as a mine sweeper in the Pacific.