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DD-363 Balch
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Porter | 1934/05/16 Bethlehem Steel Co., Shipbuilding Div., Quincy, | 1936/03/24 | 1936/10/20 | 1946/03/29
scrap | |
| Namesake: RAdm George Beall Balch *1821/01/08, + 1908/04/18 XO of Plymouth during Commodore M. C. Perry's expedition to Japan, after Civil War commanded Pacific Fleet | |||||
| TTD differences from class: | |||||
| Camouflage: 42-43: Ms 21 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41/11/28 | 41/12/10 | 8/DesRon6/SF | reinforce Wake | 81 | |
| 41/12/07 | BatForPac/DesFlot2/DesRon6/SF | 114 | |||
| 42/01/09 | 42/02/05 | Reven | 8.2/DesRon6/SF | raid | |
| 42/02/14 | 42/03/10 | 16/DesRon6/SF | strike Wake and Marcus Is. | 85 | |
| 42/04/02 | 42/04/25 | Shangr | 16.1/DesRon6/SF | ||
| 42/04/30 | 42/05/26 | 16.1 | xCoralS | ||
| 42/05/28 | 42/06/10 | 16.4/DesRon6/DF | xMidway | ||
| 42/07/26 | 42/08 | Watch | 16 | ||
| 42/08/23 | 42/09/10 | 16/screen/DesRon6 | xEasSol | 8 81 | |
| 42/11/12 | 42/11/2? | 11 | sail from P.H. to Noumea | 81 | |
| 42/12/15 | 42/12/30 | Noumea | 81 | ||
| 43/01/12 | Esp. Santo | 81 | |||
| 43/01/17 | Guadalcanal | 81 | |||
| 43/01/23 | Noumea | 81 | |||
| 43/01/30 | Suva, Fiji | 81 | |||
| 43/02/03 | 43/02/11 | 64 | 81 | ||
| 43/02/19 | 43/02/25 | Clean | 64 | land Russell Islands | 81 |
| 43/03/09 | Noumea | 81 | |||
| 43/03/09 | Noumea | 81 | |||
| 43/04/05 | Efate | 81 | |||
| 43/04/06 | Efate | 88 | |||
| 43/04/18 | 43/04/24 | 52.10 | sail from P.H. to Adak | 81 | |
| 43/04/26 | 16.7 | 81 | |||
| 43/04/28 | 43/06/02 | Landcr | 16.7 | land Attu | 85 81 |
| 43/06/28 | San Francisco | 81 | |||
| 43/09/08 | P.H. | 81 | |||
| 43/09/25 | Noumea | 81 | |||
| 43/10/13 | 43/10/15 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/11/01 | Esp. Santo | 81 | |||
| 43/11/08 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 81 | |||
| 43/11/15 | 43/11/16 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | ||
| 43/11/19 | Esp. Santo | 81 | |||
| 43/11/21 | 43/11/21 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | ||
| 43/11/21 | 43/11/24 | escort disabled Denver from Tulagi to Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/11/24 | 43/11/25 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/12/04 | 43/12/05 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/12/06 | 43/12/10 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/12/16 | 43/12/19 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 44/01/08 | Esp. Santo | 81 | |||
| 44/01/13 | Noumea | 81 | |||
| 44/01/18 | Guadalcanal | 81 | |||
| 44/01/20 | Emirau | 81 | |||
| 44/04/01 | Emirau | 81 | |||
| 44/04/04 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 81 | |||
| 44/04/23 | Efate | 81 | |||
| 44/04/28 | Sydney | 81 | |||
| 44/05 | |||||
| 44/05/10 | Efate | 81 | |||
| 44/05/13 | Milne Bay | 81 | |||
| 44/05/15 | 44/05/27 | Straig | 77? | land Wakde | 66 81 |
| 44/05/17? | 44/05/22 | escort LST convoy cape Cretin > Humboldt Bay | 66 | ||
| 44/05/28 | 44/06/18 | Horlie | 77 | land Biak | 66 |
| 44/06/11 | Seeadler Harbor, Manus | 81 | |||
| 44/06/18 | Esp. Santo | 81 | |||
| 44/06/19 | 44/07/08 | sail Esp. Santo > Bora Bora > Panama | |||
| 44/06/28 | Bora Bora | 81 | |||
| 44/07/08 | leftPac - Panama Canal | 66 | |||