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DD-459 Laffey
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Bristol | 1941/01/13 Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, Cal. | 1941/10/30 | 1942/03/31 | 1942/11/13
sunk | |
| Namesake: seaman Bartlett Laffey +1901/03/22 earned Medal of Honor onboard gunboat Marmora 1864/03/05 near Yazoo City,Miss. | |||||
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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/DesFlot4/DesRon12/DesDiv23/DF | at building yard | 114 | ||
| 42/06 | joinPac | 66 | |||
| 42/07 | escort convoy 4120 from P.H. to Fiji with San Francisco & Ballard | 66 | |||
| 42/08 | Watch | 18/DesRon12 | |||
| 42/08/28 | Efate - arrived from P.H. | 66 | |||
| 42/09/06 | 42/09/15 | 18/DesRon12/DesDiv23 | 66 | ||
| 42/09/15 | 18/DesRon12/DesDiv23 | assist Wasp > return to Esp. Santo | 66 | ||
| 42/09/16? | 42/09/18 | 64 | 66 | ||
| 42/10/07 | 42/10/11 | 64.2/DesRon12 | xEsper | ||
| 42/10/31 | 42/11/08 | 65.4 | Guadalcanal reinforcement | 81 | |
| 42/11/09 | 42/11/13 | 67.4 | xGuad | ||
| 42/11/13 | 67.4 | sunk(IJN - 2 14in, 3? 5in shells, 1 24in torpedo) - 56 KIA, 109 WIA, PUC | 66 104 | ||