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DD-217 Whipple
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
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:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
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 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 45/06/06 > AG-117, 45/12/05 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 2 Battle Stars
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