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DD-441 Wilkes
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Gleaves | 1939/11/01 Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston, Mass. | 1940/05/31 | 1941/04/22 | 1972/06/29
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| Namesake: RAdm Charles Wilkes (*1798/04/03, +1877/02/08) - US Navy surveyor, CO San Jacinto 1861 | |||||
| TTD differences from class: | |||||
| Camouflage: 41: Ms 1, 42: Ms 12/Mod, 42-45: Ms 22 | |||||
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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/DesRon13/DesDiv26/DF | At sea escorting Lend Lease Shipment | 81 | ||
| 44/01/12 | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | |||
| 44/01/19 | 44/02/20 | escort s/s Mormacdove via Bora Bora and Noumea to Milne Bay | 66 | ||
| 44/02/25 | 44/02/2? | escort LSTs to Cape Gloucester > Megin Is. > Cape Cretin > Tami Is. | 66 | ||
| 44/03/01 | 44/03/03 | Oro Bay, Buna | 66 | ||
| 44/03/03 | 44/03/04 | Brewer | reinforcement convoy (9 DD, 3 APD) to Los Negros | 66 | |
| 44/03/05 | 44/03/07 | Brewer | fire support duty at Los Negros | 66 | |
| 44/03/07 | 44/03/1? | Brewer | land Manus | 66 | |
| 44/03/24 | 44/04/09 | DesRon13/DesDiv26 | Cape Sudest | 66 110 | |
| 44/04/09 | 44/04/11 | sail from Cape Sudest to Manus, take convoy to LanFemak Bay,New Guinea | 66 | ||
| 44/04/17 | 44/04/20 | carry LtGen Krueger (Com 6thArmy) to Wakde | 66 110 | ||
| 44/04/20 | 44/05 | Reckle | 77.1/DesDiv26 | land Tanahmerah Bay | 66 |
| 44/05/15 | 44/05/25 | Straig | 75/DesDiv26 | land Wakde | 66 81 |
| 44/05/26 | 44/06 | Horlie | 77/DesDiv26 | land Biak | 66 110 |
| 44/06/05 | escort 9 LST, 3 LCI, 4 LCT between Schouten Is | 66 | |||
| 44/06/2? | 44/07 | Aitape, toem, Humboldt Bay - support duty | 66 | ||
| 44/07/02 | Table | 75 | land Noemfoor Is. | 66 81 | |
| 44/07/31 | Globe | 74? | land Cape Sansapor | 66 | |
| 44/08/19 | 44/08/25 | sail New Guinea > Eniwetok | 66 | ||
| 44/08/20 | 44/08/27 | DesDiv26 | sail from New Guinea to Eniwetok | 110 | |
| 44/08/28 | 44/10/26 | King2 | 38.4.3/DesDiv26 | 81 105 | |
| 44/09/21 | Manus | 109 | |||
| 44/10/24 | 44/10/26 | King2 | 38.4.3/DesDiv26 | xLeyte | 81 |
| 44/10/26 | 44/10/2? | sail to Ulithi | 66 | ||
| 44/11/03 | 44/11/04 | sail Ulithi > Guam | 66 | ||
| 44/11/1? | 44/11/2? | sail Guam > Manus and back | 66 | ||
| 44/11/2? | 44/11/26 | escort convoy GE-29 from Guam to Eniwetok | 66 | ||
| 44/12/01 | 44/12/08 | sail Eniwetok > P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/12/17 | 45/01/28 | Todd´s Pacific Shipb. Co., Seattle - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 45/01/28 | 45/01/31 | escort Franklin from Seattle to San Francisco | 66 | ||
| 45/02/03 | 45/02/13 | escort Franklin from San Francisco to P.H. | 66 | ||
| 45/02/13 | 45/03/09 | P.H. - exercises with Shangri La | 66 | ||
| 45/03/09 | 45/03/19 | sail with New Mexico and Nicholson from P.H. to Eniwetok > Ulithi | 66 | ||
| 45/03/22 | 45/03/26 | escort AP-164 De Grase from Ulithi to Guam | 66 | ||
| 45/04/01 | 45/04/27 | esocrt duty among Guam and Saipan | 66 | ||
| 45/04/27 | 45/05/01 | escort 6 ship convoy from Saipan to Okinawa | 66 | ||
| 45/05/01 | 45/05/12 | Iceber | Okinawa - patrol duty | 66 | |
| 45/05/06 | 45/05/10 | Iceber | Kerama Retto - availability | 110 | |
| 45/05/12 | 45/05/28 | Iceber | 52.1 | 66 | |
| 45/05/28 | 45/06/27 | Iceber | 32.1 | 66 | |
| 45/06/27 | 45/06/30 | sail from Leyte to Ulithi | 66 | ||
| 45/06/30 | 45/07/09 | Ulithi - availability | 66 | ||
| 45/07/09 | 45/08/20 | 38 | 66 | ||
| 45/08/20 | 45/08/24 | Ulithi | 66 | ||
| 45/08/24 | 45/09/03 | 30.8.9 | 66 | ||