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DD-394 Sampson
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Somers | 1936/04/08 Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine | 1938/04/16 | 1938/08/19 | 1946/03/29
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| Camouflage: 41: Ms 1, 43-44: Ms 16, 44: Ms 32/3d | |||||
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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 | AtlFlt/DesFlot3/DesRon9/DesDiv17 | at sea off Newport, Rhode Island | 81 114 | ||
| 42/02/01 | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | |||
| 42/02/01 | 42/02/18 | escort 12 ships convoy from Panama to Bora Bora | 66 | ||
| 42/02/12 | inspect Marquesa Island | 66 | |||
| 42/02/18 | 42/03/09 | Bora Bora - patrol duty | 66 | ||
| 42/03/09 | 42/03/23 | escort Trenton from Bora Bora to Panama | 66 | ||
| 42/03/23 | 43/05/07 | SEPacFor | escort duty - Panama <> South America | 66 | |
| 43/05/07 | 43/05/23 | Panama | 66 | ||
| 43/05/23 | 43/06/13 | ecort troop convoy from Panama to Noumea | 66 | ||
| 43/06/14 | 43/07/08 | sail from Noumea to Bora Bora, then escort troop convoy back to Noumea | 66 | ||
| 43/07/10 | 43/07/20 | sail from Noumea to Pago Pago > P.H. | 66 | ||
| 43/07/27 | 43/08/08 | escort (with Warrington) 4 troopships from P.H. to Sydney | 66 | ||
| 43/08/09 | 43/08/12 | sail Sydney > Noumea | 66 | ||
| 43/08/1? | 44/03 | escort duty among Noumea, Esp. Santo, Tulagi, Guadalcanal | 66 | ||
| 43/09/19 | 43/09/20 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/10/02 | 43/10/03 | attacking IJN SS escorting convoy Noumea > Esp. Santo | 66 | ||
| 43/11/08 | 43/11/09 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | ||
| 43/11/29 | 43/12/01 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/12/06 | 43/12/08 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/12/11 | 43/12/13 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 44/03/15 | 44/04/11 | 36.3 | land Emirau | 66 | |
| 44/04/11 | 44/04/1? | sail from Cook Reef to Efate | 66 | ||
| 44/04/17 | 44/04/19 | escort AK? Atascosta from Efate to Guadlacanal | 66 | ||
| 44/04/20 | 44/04/25 | escort troopships from Guadalcanal to Borgen Bay, New Britain | 66 | ||
| 44/05/11 | Milne Bay | 66 | |||
| 44/05/20 | 77/FF | Cape Sudest | 66 | ||
| 44/05/22 | 77/FF | Humboldt Bay | 66 | ||
| 44/05/25 | 44/05/28 | Horlie | 77/FF | land Biak | 66 |
| 44/06/05 | 44/06/25 | sail Cape Sudest > Panama | 66 | ||
| 44/06/25 | leftPac | ||||