file created: 12/07/02 01:07:11 , last update: 05/30/02
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DD-408 Wilson
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Benham 1937/03/22
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton 		1939/04/12 1939/08/14 1948/03/08
sunk
Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 21, 45: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     AtlFlt/DesFlot4/DesRon8/DesDiv15 Grassy Bay, Bermuda   114 
42/01/0? 42/01/17     escort Copahee from P.H. to Esp. Santo   66 
42/06/10       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
42/06/10 42/06/19   18/DesDiv15 sail from Panama Canal to San Diego   66 
42/07/01 42/07/2?   18/DesDiv15     66 
42/07/2? 42/08/1? Watch 62.3     81 
42/08/09   Watch 62.3 xSavoIs   81 
42/08/1? 42/08/1?     escort AO Cimarron to refuel TF 61, then put to Efate   66 
42/08/2??       esocrt AO Kaskaskia to Noumea   66 
42/09 42/09/1?     escort and patrol duty   66 
42/09/21       P.H. - tender availability (AD-14 Dixie)   66 
42/10 42/12/09     MINY - overhaul   66 
42/12/09       sail from Mare Island to P.H. > Midway   66 
42/12/2?       500 miles from Wake - radio direction finder ship for B-24 strike   66 
42/12/24 42/12/27     sail from Midway to P.H.   66 
43/01/29       shell, photo reconnaissance off Guadalcanal northern coast   66 
43/02/05? 43/03?     TF with Nashville, Helena, Honolulu, St. Louis, 6 other DDs   66 
43/02/12       Noumea   81 
43/02/20 43/02/25 Cleans 64? screen and escort ship betw. Tulagi and Russells   66 
43/03       Solomons - Guadalcanal, Noumea, Esp. Santo   66 
43/03/30 43/04/07     Efate   88 
43/04       escort Chenango while ferrying planes to Guadalcanal   66 
43/04/14 43/04/21     Efate   88 
43/04/26 43/05/06     Efate   88 
43/05 43/07/2?     convoy duty-Efate, Guad., Noumea, Esp. Santo, plane guard for Chenango   66 
43/06/08 43/06/18     Efate   88 
43/06/26 43/06/27     Efate   88 
43/07/18 43/07/19     Efate   88 
43/07/23 43/07/24   31 escort APDs from Guadalcanal to Kula Gulf, shell Munda, then sail back   69 
43/07/24 43/07/25   31 shell Munda   69 
43/08 43     Purvis Bay, Tulagi, patrols around Gadalcanal, escort duty to Russells   66 
43/08/10       with 5 other DDs attacking enemy barges   66 
43/08/2? 43/10   38     66 
43/08/31 43/09/04   38/DesDiv15 tactical exercises with TF 37 and TF 39 out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/14 43/09/16     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/06 43/10/07     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/07 43/10/10   37/38/39 probably 38 fleet (combined TF 37, TF 38, TF 39) exercises SW of Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/10 43/10/12     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/12 43/10/14     out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/14 43/10/18     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/19       escort LST convoy to Vella Lavella   66 
43/11/08 43/11/14 Galvan 50.3/DesDiv15 strike Rabaul   66 
43/11/14 43/12/2? Galvan 50.4/DesDiv15     66 
43/12/12 43/12/15     Esp. Santo   88 
43/12/24 44/01/07     off Noumea - training with Washington, North Carolina   66 
44/01/07 44/01/25     Noumea - drydock, tender availability   66 
44/01/25 44/03 Flint 58.3     66 
44/02/10 44/02/20 Hailst 58.3/DesDiv15     66  104 
44/03/15 44/04   36.3 land Emirau   66 
44/04/07 44/04/16     escort Tennessee and Mississippi from Efate to P.H.   66 
44/04/24 44/05/05     PSNY   66  88 
44/05/05 44/05/10     sail from San Francisco to P.H.   66 
44/06/06 44/08/04 Forage 58.4/DesDiv15     81 
44/06/19   Forage 58.4/DesDiv15 xPhilip   81 
44/08/04 44/08/20     sail to P.H. > Puget Sound   66 
44/08/20 44/10     PSNY - overhaul   66 
44/10/13 44/10/18     esocrt Yorktown II from Alameda, California to P.H.   66 
44/10/18 44/11     P.H. - training   66 
44/11       Manus   66 
44/12/24 44/12/27     sail from Manus to Leyte   66 
44/12/27 44/12/30   78.3.15 Mindoro reinforcement   66 
45/01/01 45/01/04     Leyte   66 
45/01/04 45/01/09 Mike1   escort convoy Leyte > Lingayen Gulf   66 
45/01/1? 45/01/2?     sail Leyte > Morotai > Leyte   66 
45/01/24 45/01/31 Mike1   Lingayen Gulf   66 
45/01/31 45/02/0? Mike1   escort convoy Lingayen Gulf > Leyte   66 
45/02/0? 45/02/2?     sail Leyte > Hollandia > Tulagi   66 
45/03/21       Ulithi   66 
45/03/27 45/04/04 Iceber 53.6/DesDiv15     66  86 
45/04/04       damaged by kamikaze off S end of Kerama Retto   85 
45/04/04 45/04/16     departed for Guam, en route redirected to escort convoy for Okinawa   66 
45/04/15   Iceber   damage(kami) 9 nm S of Kerama Retto (26-03N, 127-20E)   85 
45/04/16 45/04/2? Iceber   repairs   66 
45/04/2? 45/06/12 Iceber   Okinawa - screening, patrol, call fire and rescue duty   66 
45/06/12 45/06/26     sail Okinawa > Ulithi > Eniwetok > P.H.   66 
45/07/ 45/09     Saipan - screening, patrol and rescue duty   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1948/04/05 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 11 Battle Stars
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