USS Tolman (DD-740/DM-28/MMD-28) was a Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer in the United States Navy.

Tolman then completed training courses at the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island, and at the Submarine Base, New London, Connecticut.

He was attached to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations for 17 months before assuming command of USS Spearfish (SS-190) on 7 October 1939.

On the afternoon of 1 February 1943, while escorting landing craft, De Haven was attacked by six Japanese dive bombers.

Fighting off the attackers, the destroyer downed three enemy planes before a bomb struck its navigating bridge, stopped her and killed Tolman.

The minelayer held her shakedown training off Bermuda during November and December and returned, via Norfolk, Virginia, to Boston, Massachusetts.

On 19 March, Tolman sortied from Ulithi with Task Group 52.4 to provide fire support and antisubmarine screening for the minesweepers clearing channels prior to the amphibious assault on the Ryukyu Islands.

As Tolman moved in to pass a tow line to the stricken ship, Skylark hit a second mine and began settling rapidly.

On 3 April, she screened Transport Division 17 to a waiting area approximately 150 miles (240 km) southeast of Okinawa and remained there for 10 days before returning to the Hagushi beaches.

Two tugs then pulled her free on 25 April, and the salvage ship Clamp towed her to Kerama Retto for repairs.

After being struck from the Navy List, Tolman was utilized as a target ship up and down the California coast for many years.