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DD-411 Anderson
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Sims 1937/11/15
Federal Shipb. & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J.
1939/02/21 1939/07/21 1946/07/01
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Namesake: RAdm Edwin Alexander Anderson, Jr. (*1860/07/16, + 1933/09/23) - Spanish War (Ltjg) - Marblehead WWI - RAdm - CMH, CO Squadron 1, Patrol Force,Atl. Fleet 1922-1923 CinCAsFlt - helping after earhquake in Japan retired 1923
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 12/Mod, 43: Ms 21, 44: Ms 32/1d, 44-45: Ms22
WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     AtlFlt/DesFlot4/DesRon2/DesDiv3/DF Iceland   81  114 
42/01/11 42/01/22   1/DesDiv3 joinPac-Panama Canal - sail to San Francisco   66 
42/01/25 42/02/02   1/DesDiv3 escort convoy Nr. 2019 San Francisco >P.H.   66 
42/02/11 42/02/12     patro: P.H. entrance   66 
42/02/14       off P.H. - escort Louisville while gunnery practice   66 
42/02/16 42/04/27 Reven3 17/DesRon2/DesDiv3 raid   66 
42/03/?? 42/03/14   44?     66 
42/05/01 42/05/10   11/DesRon2/DesDiv3 & 17.5 xCoralS  
42/05/28 42/06/13   17.4/DesRon2 xMidway  
42/07/08 42/07/15     escort AS-11 Fulton P.H. <> Midway and back   66 
42/07/22 42/07/27     escort Long Island P.H. <> Palmyra Is   66 
42/08/17 42/09/15   17/DesRon2     66 
42/09/15 42/09/19     escort damaged North Carolina to Tongatabu   66 
42/09/19 42/10     escort Dutch convoy Tongatabu > Noumea   66 
42/10 42/10/13   17     66 
42/10/15 42/10/26   17/screen/DesRon2/DesDiv3 xSCruz  
42/11/02 42/11/08   65.7 Guadalcanal reinforcement   81 
42/11/04 42/11/06   65.7 Lunga Raods - cover landing, gunfire support   66 
42/11/11 42/11/14   16/DesRon2 xGuadal   66 
42/12 43/01/23   16 off Espiritu Santo   66 
43/01/23 43/02/03   62.4.7 escort convoy Esp. Santo > Guadalcanal and back   66 
43/02 43/03/07   HKG refuel, escorts from Esp. Santo   66 
43/02/14 43/02/19     Efate   81 
43/03/04 43/03/07     Esp. Santo   81 
43/03/07 43/03/22     sail from Esp. Santo to P.H.   66 
43/03/22 43/04/09     P.H. - sail to San Francisco   66 
43/04/09 43/06/08     Mare Island Naval Shipyard - overhaul   66 
43/06/10? 43/06/??     escort convoy San Francisco > P.H. and back   66 
43/07/11 43/07/21   96.1 San Francisco - sail to Kodiak, Aleutians   66 
43/08/02     16.17 shell Kiska   85 
43/08/10 43/09/21   16.17     66 
43/09/21       Aleutians - sail to P.H.   66 
43/10/14 43/11/01     Wellington, New Zealand   66 
43/11 43/11/29 Galvan 53.4.3    
43/11/29       off Betio - sail to P.H.   66 
43/12/21 44/01/29 Flint 53.5/DesRon2    
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44/01/30   Flint 53.5/DesRon2 damage(coastal battery) shelling Wotje (09-33N, 170-18E)   66  85 
44/02/?? 44/06/15     P.H. - repairs   66 
44/02/01   Flint 53.5/DesRon2 disable(reefs) - repairs P.H.  
44/06/15       departed P.H. for SW Pacific   66  88 
44/07       convoy to Oro Bay, New Guinea   66 
44/08/01 44/08/25   77.3 land Cape Sansapor   66 
44/09/15 44/10/04 Trade 77.3/DesRon2 land Morotai   66 
44/10/12 44/10/25 King2 78.2     66  70 
44/10/25 44/11/03 King2 77.2     66  70 
44/11/01   King2 77.2 damage(kami - Ki-43) in Sogod Bay, Leyte (10-11N, 125-02E)   39 
44/11/01 44/11/01 King2 78.3.5/UF     81 
44/11/01 44/11/0? King2 78.2.24 sail from Sogod Bay to San Pedro Bay, Leyte   121 
44/11/03 44/11/29     sail for repairs Hollandia >Majuro > P.H   66 
44/11/30 44/12/09     P.H. - sail to San Francosco   66 
44/12/09 45/????     Mare Island Naval Shipayrd - repairs   66 
45/05/11 45/08/15   92.2 Kuriles   66 
45/06/26       sail from Attu  
45/06/29       E of Kurils  
45/08/27 45/09/08     Alaskan waters - sail to Japan   66 

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