DD-460 Woodworth
United States Navy destroyer
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Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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Bristol | 1941/04/30 Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, Cal. | 1941/11/29 | 1942/04/30 | 1951/06/11
sold | |
Namesake: Cdr Woodworth | |||||
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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 | at building yard |   114  |
42/ | 43/ |   |   | SoWePAcArea - escort duty |   110  |
43/01 | 43/02/02 |   | 65 | Esp. Santo - patrol and training duty |   66  |
43/02/02 | 43/02/04 |   | 69 |   |   66  |
43/02/04 | 43/02/13 |   | 18 | exercises off Esp. Santo |   66  |
43/03/01 |   |   |   | Fiji - arrived with transport |   66  |
43/03/13 |   |   |   | Esp. Santo |   66  |
43/03/13 | 43/03/21 |   | 15 |   |   66  |
43/03/21 | 43/04/03 |   |   | Esp. Santo - tender avaialbility |   66  |
43/04/03 | 43/04/05 |   |   | sail from Esp. Santo to Tulagi |   66  |
43/04/07 |   |   |   | attacked by planes escorting AO Tappahannock N of Rua Sura Is. |   66  |
43/04/1? | 43/05/08 |   |   | betw. New Hebrides and New Caledonia - escort, patrol, training duty |   66  |
43/04/10 |   |   | 15 |   |   88  |
43/05/08 | 43/06/29 |   |   | escort Guadalcanal reinforcement convoys |   66  |
43/06/1? |   |   | 10 |   |   |
43/06/15 | 43/08/18 |   |   | Efate |   88  |
43/06/26 | 43/06/29 | Toena | 31.2.2 |   |   |
43/07/01 | 43/07/02 |   | 31 | land Vanguar |   |
43/07/05 |   |   | 31.3.11 | land Rice Anchorage |   66  |
43/07/06 |   |   | 36.1 | xKula -lifeguard from Helena |   |
43/07/10 |   |   |   | Tulagi |   88  |
43/07/11 |   |   |   | reinforce Rice Anchorage |   66  |
43/07/12 | 43/07/14 |   | 36.1/DesRon12 | xKolomb |   |
43/07/2? | 43/10/07 |   |   | between Esp. Santo and Guadalcanal - escort and patrol duty |   66  |
43/08/07 |   |   |   | Esp. Santo |   88  |
43/08/12 | 43/08/16 |   |   | Esp. Santo |   88  |
43/08/16 | 43/08/17 |   |   | out of Esp. Santo |   88  |
43/08/17 | 43/08/30 |   |   | Esp. Santo |   88  |
43/09/28 | 43/09/30 |   |   | Esp. Santo |   88  |
43/10/06 | 43/10/07 |   |   | Esp. Santo |   88  |
43/10/07 | 43/11/14 | Shoe2 | 38/DesRon12/DesDiv23 |   |   66  |
43/10/07 | 43/10/10 |   | 37/38/39 - probably 38 | fleet (combined TF 37, TF 38, TF 39) exercises SW of Esp. Santo |   88  |
43/10/10 | 43/10/24 |   |   | Esp. Santo |   88  |
43/11/1? | 43/12/26 |   | 36.1 | Solomons - patrol duty |   66  |
43/11/16 | 43/11/1? |   |   | escort APH Pickney to Guadalcanal |   66  |
43/11/16 | 43/11/18 |   |   | Port Purvis, Tulagi |   88  |
43/11/20 | 43/11/21 |   |   | Port Purvis, Tulagi |   88  |
43/12/26 | 43/12/2? |   |   | carry 1500 127 mm projectiles from Esp. Santo to Tulagi |   66  |
44/01/08 | 44/01/10 |   | 38 | shell Shortland |   66  |
44/01/13 | 44/02/13 |   | DesRon12 | Bougainville area - gunfire, escort and training duty |   66  |
44/02/13 | 44/02/18 |   | 38/DesRon12 | land Green Is |   66  |
44/02/25 |   |   | 38/DesRon12 | sinking/share AK Tacugiko Maru (6800 BRT) 20 miles N of New Hanover (02-46N, 150-42E) |   66  |
44/02/25 |   |   | 38/DesRon12 | shell Kavieng |   85  |
44/02/26 | 44/03/01 |   |   | Purvis Bay, Tulagi |   66  |
44/03/01 | 44/03/21 |   |   | Solomons - training, escort, ASW duty |   66  |
44/03/22 | 44/04/0? |   | 35.6 | escort convoy from Guadalcanal to P.H. |   66  |
44/04/09 | 44/04/15 |   |   | sail from P.H. to Mare Island |   66  |
44/04/15 | 44/07/21 |   |   | MINY - overhaul, refresher training |   66  |
44/07/21 | 44/08/12 |   | 12.1 | F.D.R. presidential cruise |   66  |
44/08/14 | 44/08/15 |   |   | San Francisco |   66  |
44/08/15 | 44/08/20 |   |   | sail San Francisco > P.H. |   66  |
44/08/20 | 44/09/2? |   |   | P.H. - training |   66  |
44/09/18 | 44/09/30 |   |   | escort (with Uhlmann) South Dakota from P.H. to Ulithi |   66  81  |
44/09/30 | 44/10/07 |   |   | Ulithi - ASW duty |   66  |
44/10/07 | 44/10/20? | King2 | 38.1.3/DesRon12 |   |   66  |
44/10/20? | 44/10/2? | King2 | 30.3 |   |   66  |
44/11 |   |   |   | Eniwetok - screen, escort and ASW duty, escort convoys to Palau |   66  |
44/12 |   |   |   | Peleliu, Angaur - patrol, escort duty |   66  |
44/12/3? | 45/01/02 |   |   | escort convoy from Palau to Ulithi |   66  |
45/01/02 | 45/01/11 |   |   | Ulithi - tender availability |   66  |
45/01/12 | 45/01/16 |   |   | Ulithi - ASW duty |   66  |
45/01/16 |   |   | 94.18.12/UF | departed Ulithi for gunnery exercises |   66  |
45/02 | 45/03/12 |   |   | Kossol Roads, Palau - gunnery practice station ships |   66  |
45/03/12 | 45/03/2? |   | 94.6.21 | search and rescue operations |   66  |
45/04 |   |   |   | Ulithi - tender availability |   66  |
45/04/25 | 45/05/05 |   |   | Ulithi - escort and gunnery exercises with Enterprise |   66  |
45/05/09 |   | Iceber |   | patrol SW of Okinawa |   66  |
45/05/10 |   | Iceber |   | escort Makin Island to Kerama Retto |   66  |
45/05/10 | 45/05/28 | Iceber | 52.1.1 |   |   66  |
45/05/28 | 45/06/06 | Iceber |   | Kerama Retto - repairs |   66  |
45/06/06 | 45/06/21 | Iceber | 32.1.1 |   |   66  |
45/06/22 | 45/06/23 | Iceber |   | Okinawa - RP duty |   66  |
45/06/24 | 45/06/27? |   |   | sail Okinawa > Leyte |   66  |
45/07/01 | 45/07/10 |   |   | San Pedro Bay, Leyte - tender availability |   66  |
45/07/10 | 45/08/22 |   | 30.8 |   |   66  |
45/08/02 | 45/08/0? |   |   | escort AO Neshanic via Guam to Ulithi |   66  |
45/08/14 | 45/08/18 |   | 30.8 | sail to Iwojima to pick up mail for TF 38, then sail to join TF 38 |   66  |
45/08/18 | 45/08/22 |   | 30.8 | refuel TF 38 |   |
45/08/22 | 45/09 |   |   | TU around Ticonderoga - cover occupation forces |   66  |
51/06/11 |   |   |   | sold to Italy > Artigliere |   |