file created: 12/07/02 01:06:40 , last update: 04/04/00
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DD-419 Wainwright
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Sims 1938/06/07
Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va. 		1939/06/01 1940/04/15 1948/07/05
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Namesake: RAdm Richard Wainwright, USN (*1849/12/17, +1926/03/05) - XO USS Maine in 1898, CO USS Gloucester in battle of Santiago 1898
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 12/Mod, 43: Ms 22, 44: Ms 32/3d, 45: Ms 21
WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     AtlFlt/DesFlot4/DesRon8/SF off Cape Town   81  114 
45/04/27       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
45/05 45/06     P.H. - training   66 
45/06/13 45/08/12     escort duty among Ulithi, Iwojima, Okinawa, Saipan, Guam, Eniwetok   66 
45/08/12 45/08/19     sail from Eniwetok to Adak   66 
45/08/19 45/08/31     Adak   66 
45/08/31 45/09/12   92 Honshu occupation force   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1948/07/13 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 7 Battle Stars
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