file created: 12/07/02 01:07:18 , last update: 05/17/00
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DD-352 Worden
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Farragut 1932/12/29
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton 		1934/10/27 1935/01/15 1943/01/12
sunk
Namesake: RAdm Worden
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42-43: Ms 21


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     BatForPac/DesFlot1/DesRon1/DesDiv1 P.H. - alongside AD-3 Dobbin   66  114 
41/12/07     1 search for IJN   66 
41/12/10? 41/12/11     escort AO-29 Neosho to refuel TF 11   66 
41/12/11 41/12/12     screen Neosho during refueling TF 11   66 
41/12/12 41/12/13?     escort Neosho back to P.H.   66 
41/12/14 41/12/27   11/DesRon1/DesDiv1 Jaluit Raid / Wake Reinforce   66  114 
42/01/0? 42/01/31   11 Kingman Is. - Christmas Is. offensive patrol   66 
42/02/06 42/02/21     escort Curtiss, AO Platte P.H. > Samoa > Fiji > Noumea   66 
42/02/24       rescue crew from Panamian s/s Snark which struck mine in Bulari Passage, Noumea   66  85 
42/03/07 42/03/19     escort Curtiss from Noumea to P.H.   66 
42/03/19 42/04/14     PHNY - overhaul   66 
42/04/14 42/05/02   11/DesRon1/DesDiv1 & 17.6 xCoralS   66 
42/05/02 42/05/10     escort AO Tippecanoe to Noumea   66 
42/05/10 42/05/13     Noumea   66 
42/05/13 42/05/14   11 sail from Noumea to join TF 16   66 
42/05/14 42/05/26   16     66 
42/05/28 42/06/13   16.4/DesRon1 xMidway  
42/06/22 42/07/07   11     66 
42/07/07 42/08/2? Watch 11/DesRon1/DesDiv1    
42/07/21 42/07/25     escort AO Platte to Noumea   66 
42/07/24       rescued (with AO Platte) survivors from Dutch m/s Tjinegara sink by I-169 75 nm SE of Noumea   85 
42/07/25 42/07/28     patrol off Noumea Harbor entrance while Platte embark oil   66 
42/07/28 42/07/29     escort Platte from Noumea to refuel TF 11   66 
42/07/29 42/07/30   11     66 
42/07/30 42/08/01     escort AO Cimarron to Noumea   66 
42/08/01 42/08/03     sail to join TF 11   66 
42/08/23 42/08/27   11/DesRon1/DesDiv1 xEasSol  
42/09/06 42/09/23     escort damaged Saratoga Tongatabu > P.H.   66 
42/09/28 42/10/04     escort Idaho and Pennsylvania P.H. > San Francisco   66 
42/10/04 42/10/11     San Francisco   66 
42/10/11 42/10/14     with Gansevoort escort Idaho from San Francisco to Puget Sound   66 
42/11       San Pedro, San Diego - escort Nevada while post-repairs trials   66 
42/12/27 43/01/01     sail San Francisco > Dutch Harbor   66 
43/01/01 43/01/12   8.6     66 
43/01/12     8.6 sunk(wrecked) S of Kirillof Point, Amcitka carying troops from Adak - 14 KIA   85  66  85

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1944/12/22 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 4 Battle Stars
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