file created: 12/07/02 00:57:24 , last update: 05/12/00
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DD-415 OŽBrien
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Sims 1938/05/31
Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston, Mass. 		1939/10/20 1940/03/02 1942/10/19
sunk
Namesake: Gideon OŽBrien
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 41-42: Ms 12/Mod


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     AtlFlt/DesFlot4/DesRon2/DesDiv4 Norfolk   81  114 
42/01/20       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
42/01/20 42/01/31     sail Panama > San Diego   66 
42/02/04 42/02/0?     esocrt convoy San Diego > P.H. - damaged(collision with Case)   66 
42/02/1? 42/02/20     MINY - repairs   66 
42/02/20 42/02/2?     sail Mare Island > San Diego > P.H.   66 
42/03/05 42/03/2?   DesDiv4/DF P.H. - patrol duty   66 
42/03/2? 42/04/03     escort AV Curtiss from P.H. to Midway and back   66 
42/04/03 42/04/18     PHNY - AA guns increased   66 
42/04/18 42/04/21     carry USMC garrison from P.H. to Palmyra Is   66 
42/04/21 42/04/28     escort convoy to Pago Pago,   66 
42/04/28 42/06/19     Pago Pago - local escort duty   66 
42/05/26       land Wallis Is   66 
42/06/19 42/06/2?     escort Procyone to P.H.   66 
42/06/2? 42/08/17     P.H. - escort duty, plane guarding   66 
42/08/09 42/09/19   17/DesRon2     66 
42/08/17 42/09   17/DesRon2 escort AO Guadalupe to Solomons   66 
42/09/15     17/DesRon2 damage(I-15) off Guadalcanal   66 
42/09/16 42/09/21     Esp. Santo - emergency repairs (AV Curtiss)   66 
42/09/2? 42/10/10     Noumea - repairs (Argonne)   66 
42/09/21 42/09/2?     sail Esp. Santo > Noumea   66 
42/10/10 43/10/13     sail Noumea > Suva   66 
42/10/13 42/10/16     Suva, Fiji   66 
42/10/16 42/10/18     sail from Suva towards San Francisco   66 
42/10/18       heavy leaking > diverted to Pago Pago   66 
42/10/19       sunk(broke in two) 53 nm NNW of Tutuila, Samoa   85 

Ship status, hull number changes...: sunk 13-30S, 171-18E
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 1 Battle Star
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