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DD-388 Helm
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Craven | 1935/09/25 Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va. | 1937/05/27 | 1937/10/16 | 1947/10
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| Camouflage: 42: Ms 21, 44-45: Ms 31/1d, 45: Ms 21 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41/12/07 | BatForPac/DesFlot2/DesRon4/DesDiv7 | sinking miniSS in P.H. | 114 | ||
| 41/12/14 | 41/12/27 | 17/DesRon4/DesDiv7 | Wake reinforce attempt | 66 | |
| 42/01/17 | 109 | ||||
| 42/01/20 | 42/01/31 | sail from P.H. to Howland and Baker Islands | 66 | ||
| 42/01/31 | 42/02/06 | evacuate civilians from Howland and Baker Islands to P.H. | 66 | ||
| 42/02/1? | 42/03 | round trip P.H. > San Diego | 66 | ||
| 42/03/15 | 42/03/19 | escort advance base party from P.H. to Efate | 66 | ||
| 42/03/19 | 42/05/19 | south Pacific - escort duty | 66 | ||
| 42/05/09 | rescued 13 survivors from s/s John Adams | 66 | |||
| 42/05/17 | rescued 4 survivors from AO Neosho | 66 | |||
| 42/05/19 | 44 | 66 | |||
| 42/05/21 | rescued 4 AO Neosho survivors | 85 | |||
| 42/07/22 | Auckland | 66 | |||
| 42/08 | Watch | 62.3 | land Guadalcanal | 67 81 | |
| 42/08/09 | Watch | 62.3 | xSavo | 81 | |
| 42/08/13 | Noumea | 66 | |||
| 42/08/21 | escort transports off Guadalcanal | ||||
| 42/09/07 | Brisbane | 66 | |||
| 42/09/08 | 43 | escort duty Australia <> New Guinea | 66 | ||
| 42/09/11 | DesRon4 | Mili Bay | |||
| 43/06/23 | 43/07 | Chron | 76/DesRon4 | land Woodlark Is. | 66 81 |
| 43/09/0? | 43/09/1? | 2 convoy runs (from Melbourne and from Sydney) to Lady Elliot Is. | 108 | ||
| 43/11/15 | 43/11/18 | 74 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | |
| 43/11/29 | 74.2/DesRon4 | shell Gasmata | 66 108 | ||
| 43/12/14 | 43/12/16 | Direct | 74.1/DesRon4 | land Arawe Peninsula, New Britain | 108 |
| 43/12/24 | 44/01 | Dexter | 74 | land Cape Gloucester | 66 81 |
| 44/01/01 | 44/01/02 | 76.1.3/DesRon4 | land Saidor | 66 108 | |
| 44/02/19 | 44/02/2? | sail New Guinea > P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/02/2? | 44/03/04 | escort Maryland from P.H. to Mare Island | 66 | ||
| 44/03/04 | 44/05/05 | MINY - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 44/05/05 | 44/05/10 | sail Mare Island > P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/06/05 | Majuro | 66 | |||
| 44/06/07 | Kwajalein | 66 | |||
| 44/06/07 | 44/08 | Forage | 58.1/DesRon6/DesDiv11 | 81 | |
| 44/06/19 | Forage | 58.1/DesRon6/DesDiv11 | xPhilip | 81 | |
| 44/08/09 | 44/08/16 | Eniwetok | 88 | ||
| 44/08/28 | 44/11/18 | King2 | 38.4.3/DesRon6/DesDiv11 | 81 105 | |
| 44/10/24 | 44/10/26 | King2 | 38.4.3/DesRon6/DesDiv11 | xLeyte | 81 |
| 44/10/28 | King2 | 38.4.3/DesRon6/DesDiv11 | sinking/share(Gridley, VT-21) I-46 120 nm NE of Surigao (10-56N, 127-13E) | 85 | |
| 44/11/18 | 44/11/20 | ecort Wichita from Philippines to Ulithi | 105 | ||
| 44/11/20 | 44/11/26 | Ulithi | 66 | ||
| 44/11/26 | 44/11/28 | sail Ulithi > Manus | 66 | ||
| 44/11/28 | 44/12/27 | Manus | 66 | ||
| 44/12/27 | 45/01/17 | Mike1 | 77.4.1/DesRon4/DesDiv7 | 70 | |
| 45/01/05 | Mike1 | 77.4.1/DesRon4/DesDiv7 | damage(kami) 70 nm WNW of Subic Bay, Luzon (15-00N, 119-00E) | 70 85 | |
| 45/01/17 | 45/01/23 | Mike1 | 77.14 | 66 | |
| 45/02/10 | 45/03/09 | Detach | 52.2.2 | 70 | |
| 45/03/19 | 45/05/28 | Iceber | 52.1.3 | 66 86 | |
| 45/05/28 | 45/06/19 | Iceber | 32? | 66 | |
| 45/06/19 | 45/06/22? | sail Okinawa > Leyte | 66 | ||
| 45/06/22 | 45/08/03 | Ulithi, Leyte - escort and patrol ship | 66 | ||
| 45/08/03 | 45/08/06 | search for Indianapolis survivors | 66 | ||
| 45/08/15 | en route from Okinawa to Ulithi | 66 | |||
| 45/08/2? | 45/09/08 | Iwojima, Okinawa - patrol and escort duties | 66 | ||