DD-217 Whipple
United States Navy destroyer
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Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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Clemson | 1919/06/12 William Cramp & Sons Shipbuilding, Philadelphia, | 1919/11/06 | 1920/04/23 | 1947/09/30
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Namesake: Abraham Whipple | |||||
TTD differences from class: | |||||
Camouflage: 42-43: Ms 21, 44: Ms 22 |
WW II combat actions:
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From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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41/12/07 |   |   | DesRon29/DesDiv57 | Balikpapan, Borneo |   81  |
41/12/08 |   |   | AsiaFlt | sail to Singapore |   |
42/01 | 42/02/03 |   | 5/DesRon29/DesDiv57 | Java Sea |   |
42/02/03 | 42/02/24 |   | CombStrFor |   |   |
42/02/11 |   |   | CombStrFor | damage(collision with De Ruyter) in Prigi Bay, Java |   85  |
42/02/26 | 42/02/27 |   |   | escorting Langley |   |
42/02/27 |   |   |   | lifeguard from Langley |   |
42/02/28 |   |   |   | transfering Langley survivors to AO Pecos off Christmas Is |   66  |
42/02/28 |   |   |   | escort transports to Tjilatjip |   |
42/03/01 |   |   |   | lifeguard from AO Pecos off Christmas Is |   |
42/03/23 | 42/05/02 |   |   | Melbourne - escort duty along Great Barrier Reef |   66  |
42/04/10 | 42/05/08 |   | 44 | xCoralS |   |
42/05/02 | 42/06/06 |   |   | sail Sydney > New Hebrides > Samoa > P.H. |   66  |
42/06/08 | 42/06/18 |   |   | escort convoy P.H. > San Francisco |   66  |
42/06/18 | 42/08? |   |   | MINY - overhaul - 20 mm guns replaced 2 torpedo mounts |   66  |
42/08 | 43/05 |   |   | 7 round trips San Francisco <> P.H. |   66  |
43/05/11 | 43/05/2? |   |   | escort convoy San Diego > Cuba |   66  |
43/05/2 |   |   |   | leftPac - Panama Canal |   |
45/08/1? |   |   |   | joinPac - Panama Canal |   66  |
45/08/30 |   |   |   | arrived P.H. |   66  |