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DD-390 Ralph Talbot
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Craven | 1935/10/28 Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston, Mass. | 1936/10/31 | 1937/10/14 | 1948/08/03
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| Namesake: 2ndLt Ralph Talbot, USMC aviator, CMH for "Action in air combat, Europe; 8 and 14 Oct 1918" | |||||
| TTD differences from class:42/08: SC radar | |||||
| 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/DesDiv8 | P.H. | 114 | ||
| 41/12/15 | 41/12/27 | 17/DesRon4/DesDiv8 | Wake reinforce attempt | 114 | |
| 42/01/09 | 42/02/05 | Reven | 8.3 | raid | |
| 42/02/14 | 42/03/10 | 16 | strike Wake and Marcus Is. | 85 | |
| 42/03/19 | 42/05 | 15 | convoy duty west coast <> P.H. | 66 | |
| 42/06 | Midway Refueling Unit - with Blue & AO Guadalupe | 81 | |||
| 42/06/14 | sail from P.H. to Australia to join TF 44 | 66 | |||
| 42/06/2? | 42/07/22 | 44 | Australia | 66 | |
| 42/07/22 | 42/08 | Watch | 62.6 | 66 | |
| 42/08/09 | Watch | 62.6 | xSavo (damage) | 66 | |
| 42/09/11 | 42/11/11 | MINY - repairs | 66 | ||
| 42/11/2? | 42/12/16 | P.H. - refresher training | 66 | ||
| 42/12/16 | 43/01/02 | sail P.H. > Brisbane | 66 | ||
| 43/01/02 | 43/05/10 | training and convoy duty N and E off Australia | 66 | ||
| 43/05/10 | 43/05/13 | sail Australia > Noumea | 66 | ||
| 43/06/21 | 43/06/27 | Efate | 88 | ||
| 43/06/26 | 43/07 | Toena | 31.2.1 | ||
| 43/06/30 | 31.2.1 | rescue 300 survivors from McCawley | 66 | ||
| 43/07/09 | 43/07/11 | Port Purvis, Florida Is. | 88 | ||
| 43/07/11 | 43/07/12 | 36.9 | shell Munda | 88 | |
| 43/07/12 | 43/07/13 | 36.1 | xKolomb | ||
| 43/07/16 | 43/07/18 | sail from Esp. Santo to Guadalcanal (with Patterson) | 69 | ||
| 43/07/24 | 43/07/28 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/08 | 43/10 | Solomons - patrol and escort duty | 66 | ||
| 43/08/02 | Esp. Santo | 88 | |||
| 43/08/05 | 43/08/18 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/08/28 | 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 Selfridge, Patterson, Wadsworth) | 69 | ||
| 43/09/23 | 43/09/26 | 31.2 | sail to sweep Kolombangara, then escort LSTs and APDs convoy to Vella Lavella and Tulagi | 69 | |
| 43/09/29 | 43/10/01 | sweep Slot with McCalla, Foote, Patterson | 69 | ||
| 43/10/02 | attacking convoy betw. Choiseul and Kolombangara (+Terry, Taylor) | 66 | |||
| 43/10/04 | 43/10/04 | Port Purivs, Tulagi | 88 | ||
| 43/10/06 | DesRon4 | xVelLa2 | |||
| 43/10/12 | 43/10/24 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/10/27 | 43/11/03 | 74/DesRon4 | sail Solomons > Australia > Milne Bay | 66 | |
| 43/11/15 | 43/11/15 | 74/DesRon4 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | |
| 43/11/29 | 43/11/30 | 74.2/DesRon4 | shell Gasmata area, New Britain | 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 |
| 44/01/01 | 44/01/1? | 76.1.3/DesRon4 | land Saidor | 66 | |
| 44/01/1 | 44/02/0? | escort reinforcement convoys to Saidor, Cape Glucester | 66 | ||
| 44/02/0? | Milne Bay | 66 | |||
| 44/03 | 44/05/1? | San Francisco - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 44/05/2? | 44/06/09 | P.H. | 66 88 | ||
| 44/07/05 | 44/08 | Forage | Saipan, Tinian landing | 66 | |
| 44/08/06 | 44/08/11 | Eniwetok | 88 | ||
| 44/08/16 | 44/08/20 | Forage | 53.15.14 | sail from Guam to Eniwetok | 125 |
| 44/08/29 | 44/11/16 | King2 | 38.4.3/DesRon6/DesDiv12 | 81 105 | |
| 44/10/24 | 44/10/26 | King2 | 38.4.3/DesRon6/DesDiv12 | xLeyte | 81 |
| 44/11/17 | 44/11/27 | King2 | 77.4 | 66 | |
| 44/11/27 | 44/12/12 | sail Leyte > Kossol Roads and back | 66 | ||
| 44/12/12 | 44/12/2? | Love3 | 77.12.7 | land Mindoro | 70 |
| 44/12/15 | 77.12.7 | damage(kami) | 70 | ||
| 44/12/27 | 45/01/17 | Mike1 | 77.4.1/DesRon4/DesDiv8 | 70 | |
| 45/01/17 | 45/01/23 | Mike1 | 77.14 | 66 | |
| 45/02/10 | 45/03/05 | Detach | 52.2.1 | 70 | |
| 45/03/05 | 45/04/04 | Ulithi | 66 125 | ||
| 45/03/24 | 45/03/29 | sail Ulithi > Okinawa | 66 | ||
| 45/03/29? | 45/04/27 | Iceber | 51.5 | 66 | |
| 45/04/27 | Iceber | 51.5 | damage(kami) 15 nm SE of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (26-00N, 128-00E) | 66 85 | |
| 45/04/28 | 45/05/20 | Kerama Retto - repairs | 66 | ||
| 45/05/20 | 45/05/26 | Iceber | AA screen off Hagushi | 66 | |
| 45/06/2? | 45/09 | escort and convoy duty Marianas <> Okinawa | 66 | ||
| 45/07/0? | 45/08 | ASW patrol near Wniwetok - Guam shipping lanes, convoy escort duty from Saipan to Okinawa and Guam | 69 | ||
| 45/07/02 | 45/07/0? | sail from Leyte to Saipan (with Bagley, Patterson) | 69 | ||
| 45/08 | DeyoGrp/GF | entered Sasebo | |||
| 45/08/0? | search for Indianapolis survivors off Palaus | 66 | |||
| 45/09/01 | 45/09/02 | sail from Guam to Truk | 66 | ||
| 45/09/02 | Truk - surrender ceremony | 66 | |||