USS Palmer (DD-161) was a Wickes-class destroyer of the United States Navy, later converted to a minesweeper and reclassified as DMS-5. She was named for Rear Admiral James Shedden Palmer USN (1810–1867). Palmer was laid down on 29 May 1918 by Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts; launched on 18 August 1918; sponsored by Mrs. Robert C. Hilliard; and commissioned on 22 November 1918, Commander R. R. Stewart in command.
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