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DD-211 Alden
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Clemson 1918/10/24
Cramp Shipbuilding
1919/05/14 1919/11/24 1945/11/30
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Namesake: RAdm James Alden Jr., 1810-1877
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44-45: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     AsiaFlt/DesRon29/DesDiv57 Balikpapan, Borneo   66  81 
41/12/08 41/12/10   AsiaFlt/DesRon29/DesDiv57 sail Balikpapan > Singapore   66 
41/12/10 41/12/11   AsiaFlt/DesRon29/DesDiv57 Singapore - departed to help Force Z   66 
41/12/14 41/12/15   AsiaFlt/DesRon29/DesDiv57 sail Singapore > Surabaya   66 
41/12/20 41/12/28     Surabaya - escort Houston to Port Darwin   66 
42/01 42/02/03   5/DesRon29/DesDiv57 Java Sea  
42/01/20 42/01/21     escort AO Trinity, atacking SS off Port Darwin   66 
42/02/03 42/02/10     Port Darwin - escort convoy for Java (Tjilatjip)   66 
42/02/12 42/02/16     escort convoy Tjilatjip > Koepang,Timor   66 
42/02/19       Tjilatjip   66 
42/02/20       patrol of Tjilatjip Harbor entrance   66 
42/02/22     CombStrFor     66 
42/02/26     CombStrFor xJavaS   66 
42/03/04       Fremantle   66 
42/03/28 42/06     SW Pacific   66 
42/06       SW Pacific - sail to P.H. > Mare Island   66 
42/07 42/08     Mare Island Naval Shipyard - overhaul   66 
42/08/11 43/04/09     escort duty San Francisco > Hawaii   66 
43/04/09       Mare Island - sail to Panama Canal   66 
43/04/16       leftPac-Panama Canal   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1943/08/13 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 3 Battle Stars
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