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DD-443 Swanson
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Gleaves | 1939/11/15 Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, S.C. | 1940/11/02 | 1941/05/29 | 1972
scrap | |
| Namesake: Claude A. Swanson - Secy of Navy 1933-39 died in function 1939/07/07 | |||||
| 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 | escort Washington on shakedown cruise | 81 114 | ||
| 44/01/12 | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | |||
| 44/03 | DesRon13/DesDiv26 | 110 | |||
| 44/03/03 | 44/03/07 | Brewer | 76 | land Admiralty Is | 66 86 |
| 44/04/20 | 44/05 | Reckle | 77.1/DesDiv26 | land Hollandia | 66 |
| 44/05/2? | 44/06 | Horlie | 77/DesDiv26 | land Biak | 66 |
| 44/07/02 | Table | 75/DesDiv26 | land Noemfoor Is. | 66 81 | |
| 44/07/31 | Globe | 75 | land Cape Sansapor | 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 | |
| 44/10/24 | 44/10/26 | King2 | 38.4.3/DesDiv26 | xLeyte | 81 |
| 44/10/26 | 44/10/2? | sail to Ulithi | 66 | ||
| 44/11 | 45/04 | lifeguard, ASW, RP duty between Iwojima and Saipan | 66 | ||
| 45/01/15 | 45/01/16 | shell Rota Is. | 85 | ||
| 45/05 | 45/07? | PSNY - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 45/06/05 | Iceber | damage(kami) off Okinawa | |||
| 45/07/2? | 45/08/09 | P.H. - exercises | 125 | ||
| 45/08/01 | 15 | exercises off P.H. with Allen M. Sumner and Niblack | 150 | ||
| 45/08? | 45/09/09 | Iwojima - patrol and escort duty | 66 | ||