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DD-356 Porter
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Porter | 1933/12/18 New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J. | 1935/12/12 | 1936/08/25 | 1942/10/26
sunk | |
| Namesake: Adm David John Dixon Porter (*1813/06/08, +1891/02/13) son of Davida Porter. | |||||
| TTD differences from class: | |||||
| Camouflage: 41: Ms 11, 42: Ms 21 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41/12/05 | 41/12/13 |   | 12 | reinforce Midway |   81  |
| 41/12/07 |   |   | BatForPac/DesFlot1/DesRon5/SF |   |   114  |
| 41/12/07 |   |   | BatForPac/DesFlot1/DesRon5/SF |   |   114  |
| 41/12/2? | 42/03/25 |   |   | P.H. - patrol duty |   66  |
| 42/03/25 | 42/04/0? |   |   | escort convoy P.H. > west coast |   66  |
| 42/04/0? | 42/08/1? |   | 1 |   |   |
| 42/08/1? | 42/10/16 |   |   | P.H. - training duty |   66  |
| 42/10/16 | 42/10/26 |   | 16/screen/DesRon5/SF | xSCruz |   66  |
| 42/10/26 |   |   | 16/screen/DesRon5/SF | sunk(torpedo from crash landed TBF) - finished by Shaw - 16 KIA |   66  103  |