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DD-449 Nicholas
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher 1941/03/03
Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine
1942/02/19 1942/06/04 1970/10
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Namesake: Maj Samuel Nicholas (USMC)
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 41: Ms 12/Mod, 41-42: Ms 21, 43: Ms 31/24d, 44: Ms 21
WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
42/08/28       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
42/08/28 42/08/14     escort Washington from Panama to Tonga   66 
42/09/27       Esp. Santo   66 
42/09/30 43/01     convoy, escort and ASW duty among Guadalcanal, Esp. Santo, Noumea   66 
42/10/12 42/10/15     escort convoy (2 AK, PG, ATF) from Esp. Santo to Guadalcanal   66 
42/10/12       shell enemy artillery positions on Guadalcanal   85 
43/01/04 43/01/05   67 shell Munda  
43/01/19     67 shell Guadalcanal   66 
43/01/23     67 shell Munda  
43/02/01     67/DesRon21/DesDiv41 damaged(planes) - 2 KIA - covering LCTs at Verahue, Guadalcanal (09-09S, 159-52E)   66  85 
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 land Russell Islands   81 
43/03/04 43/03/09   68 shell Munda   66  81 
43/03/15 43/03/16   67 shell Vila/Stanmore   66 
43/04 43/04/19   18 "Slot" patrol duty   66 
43/04/2? 43/05     Sydney - availability   66 
43/05/04 43/05/14   18 land Kula Gulf   66 
43/05/13     18 damage(#3 turret explosion) (08-30S, 158-01E)   66  85 
43/05/2?       Noumea - repairs   66 
43/06/29 43/07 Cartwh 36.1    
43/07/05 43/07/06   36.1/DesRon21 xKula  
43/07/12 43/07/13   36.1/DesRon21 xKolomb  
43/07/15       rescued group of Helena survivors from Vella Lavella   66 
43/07/24 43/07/28     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/14 43/08/17   31.5.1 land Vella Lavella   66 
43/08/17 43/08/18   31 attacking convoy off Kolombangara with OŽBannon,Taylor & Chevalier   66 
43/08/19 43/08/20     hunting barges off Vella Lavella   66 
43/08/24 43/08/25     cover TG 34.4 laying mines off Wilson Cove, W Kolombangara   66  85 
43/09       sail to Noumea > New Guinea > Australia   66 
43/10/06       cover APD unloading at Barakoma   66 
43/10/22       sail for Efate to escort duty   66 
43/10/24 43/10/24     Esp. Santo   88 
43/11/11 43/12/15 Galvan 50.1/DesDiv41     66 
43/12/15 44/02     P.H.   66 
44/01/05 44/01/22     MINY   88 
44/02/12       Central and South Pacific escort duty   66 
44/02/17       sinking I-11 240 nm NE of Majuro (10-34N, 173-31E)   85 
44/04/05     DesRon21 sail to Milne Bay   66 
44/04/18 44/04/2? Persec 77.3/DesRon21 land Aitape   66 
44/04/2? 44/05/08 Reckle   escort resupply convoys to Aitape and Humboldt Bay   66 
44/05/29     DesDiv41 shell Medina Plantation, New Ireland   66 
44/06/02? 44/06/14   30.4/DesDiv41 HKG   70 
44/06/14 44/08/15   70.8 Northern Solomons   66 
44/08/15 44/08/27   74 Manus   66 
44/09/10 44/09/30 Trade 77 land Morotai   66 
44/10/18 44/10/24 King2 78.7 reinforce Leyte   66 
44/10/24 44/10/27 King2 78 patrol of Dinagat Is.   66 
44/10/27 44/11/0?     sail from Leyte to Manus   66 
44/11/08 44/11/10?     sail from Manus to Ulithi   66 
44/11/12       sinking I-27 off Ngulu Is (08-04N, 138-03E) en route from Ulithi to Kossol Roads   66  85 
44/11/16 44/12/06 King2 77.2/DesRon21/SF RP duty off Leyte   66 
44/12/06 44/12/10   78 land Ormoc Bay   66 
44/12/07     77.3 Leyte Gulf   105 
44/12/10 44/12/28     sail Leyte > Manus and back to Leyte   66 
44/12/28 45/01/01     Leyte   66 
45/01/01 45/01/18 Mike1 77.3/DesRon21/DesDiv41     66 
45/01/18 45/01/26 Mike1 77.4     66 
45/01/26 45/01/30 Mike7 78.3 land Zambales province   66 
45/02 45/02/1? Mike1 77 escort ships between Leyte and Mindoro   66 
45/02/15   Mike1 78.3 land Mariveles Harbor   66 
45/02/17   Mike1 78.3 land Corregidor   66 
45/03/10   Vict4 78.1/DesDiv41 land Zamboanga   66  81 
45/03/24 45/03/27 Vict2 78.2 land Cebu Is   66  81 
45/04 45/04/24     off Luzon   66 
45/04/24 45/05/05 Oboe1 78 land Tarakan   66 
45/06/15 45/06/2? Iceber 30.12.2     66 
45/06/2? 45/08/11   30.8    
45/08/11 45/09   38.4 raid Home Islands  
45/08/23 45/08/29     screen Missouri   66 
45/08/27       entering Tokio Bay  
45/09/02       Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony   81 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1949/03/26 > DDE-449; 1962/06/30 > DD-449; 1970/01/30 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 16 Battle Stars, PUC (for x Kula Gulf)
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