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DD-446 Radford
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher 1941/10/02
Federal Shipb. & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J.
1942/05/03 1942/07/22 1970/10
scrap
Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 41: Ms 12/Mod / Ms 21, 42: Ms 22 , 43: Ms 32/3d, 44: Ms 21
WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
42/12/1?       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
43/01/19     67.5 shell Guadalcanal   66 
43/01/23     67 shell Munda  
43/02/01     67/DesRon21 covering landing boats at Verahue, Guadalcanal   66 
43/02/13     67 shell Vila/Stanmore area, Kolombangara   66 
43/02/14 43/02/19     Efate   81 
43/02/19 43/03/04 Clean 68/DesRon21 land Russell Islands   66  81 
43/03/04 43/03/09   68/DesRon21 shell Munda   81 
43/03/15 43/03/16   67 shell Kolombangara   66 
43/05/04 43/05/05     Esp. Santo - sail to Tulagi  
43/05/06     36 Tulagi - screen Gamble, Breese, Gamble to Blackett Strait mining   99 
43/06/26 43/06/29 Toena 31.2.2    
43/06/29 43/07 Cartwh 36.1    
43/07/05 43/07/06   36.1 xKula  
43/07/12 43/07/13   36.1/DesRon21 xKolomb  
43/07/17 43/07/2?     sail from Solomons to New Hebrides > Auckland > Noumea   66 
43/07/2? 43/09     Noumea   66 
43/07/24 43/07/25     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/24 43/08/30     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/30 43/09/04   39 exercises with TF 37 and TF 38 out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/04 43/09/11     Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/10     39 gunnery exercises out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/11 43/09/14     out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/14 43/09/16     Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/23 43/09/26   31.2 sail to sweep Kolombangara, then escort LSTs and APDs convoy to Vella Lavella and Tulagi   69 
43/10/06 43/10/07     Esp. Santo   88 
43/11   Galvan 50.2    
43/11/25   Galvan 50.2 sinking I-19 off Makin (03-10N, 171-55E)   85 
43/12/15 44/01/20     MINY - overhaul   66  88 
44/02/02       Majuro   66 
44/02/18   Hailst   screen AOs while refueling TF 50   66 
44/02/18   Hailst   sinking/share Katori  
44/03       shell Bougainville   66 
44/04/18 44/04/2? Reckle 77.2 land Humboldt Bay   66 
44/05 44/06     Noumea   66 
44/06 44/09/12     escort, fire support duty at New Guinea   66 
44/09/12       departed to P.H. for repairs   66 
44/09/2? 44/11/20     PHNY - overhaul   66 
44/12/04 44/12/1?     escort merchants from Ulithi to Leyte   66 
44/12/1? 45/01/04     Leyte, Mindoro   66 
44/12/12 44/12/19   78.3.12 Ormoc Bay resupply convoy   81 
44/12/26 44/12/29   77.14/DesRon21 cover Mindoro reinforcement echelon   105 
45/01/04 45/02/20 Mike1 77/DesRon21     66 
45/01/30   Mike7 78.3/SubicFSU land Grande Is., Subic Bay, Luzon   85 
45/02/14   Mike1 78.3/DesRon21 damage(mine) off Mariveles Harbor, Luzon towing La Vallette (14-25N, 120-30E)   85 
45/02/20 45/03?     sail from Luzon to Leyte > Eniwetok > P.H. > San Francisco   66 
45/03? 45/09/30     San Francisco - repairs   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1949/03/26 > DDE, 1962/06/30 > DD, 1969/11/10 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 12 Battle Stars ?? PUC ?? - not mentioned in DANFS
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