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  |