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DD-467 Strong
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Fletcher | 1941/04/30 Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine | 1942/05/17 | 1942/08/07 | 1943/07/05
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| Namesake: James H. Strong *1814/04/26, +1882/11/28; 1861 (Cdr) - CO South Atlantic Blockading Squardon; 1863-65 CO West Gulf Blockading Squadron; 1973-74 CinC South Atlantic Squadron; | |||||
| TTD differences from class: | |||||
| Camouflage: 41: Ms 22, 41-42: Ms 21 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 43/01/02 | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | |||
| 43/01/27 | 43/01/28 | Noumea | 66 | ||
| 43/01/28 | 43/01/30 | escort convoy to NW, then return to Noumea | 66 | ||
| 43/02/01 | 43/02/0? | escort convoy from Noumea to Esp. Santo | 66 | ||
| 43/02/05 | 43/02/13 | sail from Esp. Santo to Solomons, then patrol there | 66 | ||
| 43/02/13 | 67 | shell Vila/Stanmore area, Kolombangara | 66 | ||
| 43/03/15 | 43/03/16 | 67 | shell Vila/Stanmore | 66 | |
| 43/05/04 | 43/05/14 | 18 | land Kula Gulf | 66 | |
| 43/05/07 | 36 | cover DMs laying minefield in Blackett Strait | 66 | ||
| 43/07/05 | 36.1 | sunk(IJN DD) off Kolombangara - 46 KIA | 66 | ||