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DD-460 Woodworth
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
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:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
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  

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1951/01/22 struck from Navy List, 51/06/11 sold
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 7 Battle Stars
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