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DD-357 Selfridge
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Porter 1933/12/18
New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J.
1936/04/18 1936/11/26 1946/11/19
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Namesake: RAdm Selfridge
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42-44: Ms 21, 44: Ms 32/22d, 45: Ms 32/3dLE>

WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     BatForPac/DesFlot2/DesRon4/SF P.H.   114 
41/12/15 41/12/27   17/DesRon4/SF Wake reinforce attempt   66 
41/12/31 42/01/13   11/DesRon4     66 
42/01/13 42/01/20     P.H. - exercises, patrol duty   66 
42/01/17           109 
42/01/20 42/01/27     escort merchant ship P.H. > Canton Is.   66 
42/01/28? 42/02/06     escort merchant back from Canton Is. to P.H.   66 
42/01/30       enroute attackin IJN SS   66 
42/02/09 42/02/1?     escort Saratoga from P.H. to Bremerton   66 
42/03/1?       arrived P.H. with convoy   66 
42/03/2?       escort supplies to Canton Is.   66 
42/04       escort USMC personnel and mail to Palmyra and Christmas Is.   66 
42/04/2?       escort reinforcement convoy from Bora Bora to Samoa and Tongatabu   66 
42/05/2? 42/09   44     66 
42/05/21 42/05/2?     sail from tongatabu to New Hebrides > Australia   66 
42/08   Watch 62.6/DesRon4    
42/08/07   Watch 62.6/DesRon4 sinking/share schooner off Kukum  
42/08/19 42/08/21     sail from Noumea to join TF 18   69 
42/08/21 42/08/25   18/screen xEasSol   69 
42/09/11     44/DesRon4 Mili Bay  
43/06/26 43/07 Toena 36     66 
43/08/02 43/08/04   36.3 tactical exercises with TG 36.2 out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/06 43/08/16     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/16 43/08/17     out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/17 43/08/30     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/30 43/09/02?   37 tactical exercises with TF 38 and TF 39 out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/04 43/09/07     Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/15 43/09/21     sail from Efate to Noumea, then escort APs to Guadalcanal (with Patterson, Ralph Talbot, Wadsworth)   69 
43/09/23 43/09/26   31.2/GF sail to sweep Kolombangara, then escort LSTs and APDs convoy to Vella Lavella and Tulagi   69 
43/09/26 43/10/01     Tulagi   88  69 
43/10/01 43/10/02   39.1 sweep Bougainville Strait   88 
43/10/02 43/10/03     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/10/06     DesRon4 xVelLa2-disable(torpedo from Shigure or Samidare) (07-27S, 156-13E) - 13 KIA, 36 MIA, 11 WIA   66  85 
43/10/26       Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/10/28 43/10/31     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/10? 44/04     repairs - Purvis Bay, Tulagi (temporary), then MINY   66 
43/11/03 43/11/09     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/15 43/11/20     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
44/01/09 44/04/20     MINY   88 
44/05/10 44/06/0? Forage 50.10     66 
44/06/0? 44/06/14 Forage 58.2     66 
44/06/14 44/06/18 Forage 52.12/DesRon4     66 
44/06/18 44/06/24 Forage 58.7/DesRon4 xPhilip   81 
44/06/24 44/07/15 Forage 52.12/DesRon4     66 
44/07/18 44/08/10 Forage   land Guam   66 
44/08/10 44/08/13 Forage 53.15.10 sail from Guam to Eniwetok   127 
44/08/21 44/09/07     sail P.H. > Panama Canal   66 
44/09/07       leftPac  

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1946/12/20 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 4 Battle Stars
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