file created: 12/07/02 01:05:18 , last update: 06/19/00
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DD-468 Taylor
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher 1941/08/28
Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine
1942/06/07 1942/08/28 1969/07/02
sold
Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 41-42: Ms 22, 42: Ms 21, 43: Ms 32/1d, 44: Ms 21BR>
WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/01       joinPac  
43/01/20       Noumea   66 
43/01/26 43/01/27     Efate   66 
43/01/27 43/02/04   18/DesRon21 xRennel   66 
43/02/04 43/03   67     66 
43/02/13     67/DesRon21 shell Vila/Stanmore area, Kolombangara   66 
43/03/15 43/03/16   67 shell Vila/Stanmore   66 
43/03/26 43/03/29     escort AO Kanawha,YN-1 Aloe,6 coast. transp. from Esp. Santo to Tulagi   66 
43/04/05 43/04/07   18 Slot sweep   66 
43/04/07 43/04/10     escort merchants Tulagi > Esp. Santo   66 
43/05/04 43/05/14   18 land Kula Gulf   66 
43/05/25 43/05/30     escort AP-20 Munargo from Esp. Santo to 180- meridian and sail back   66 
43/06/10       attacked by planes S of San Cristobal escorting convoy   66 
43/06/2? 43/07/06 Toena 36.5     66 
43/07/06 43/07/12 Toena 31 land New Georgia   66 
43/07/09 43/07/10     Port Purvis, Florida Is. and Tulagi   88 
43/07/12   Toena 31 sinking/prob RO-107 E of Kolombangara (08-00S, 157-19E)   85 
43/07/12 43/07/14? Toena 36.1/DesRon21 xKolomb  
43/07/14? 43/07/2? Toena 31 land New Georgia   66 
43/07/15       Port Purvis, Florida Is.   88 
43/07/23 43/07/24 Toena 31 escort APDs from Guadalcanal to Kula Gulf, shell Bairoko Harbor, then sail back   66  69 
43/07/24 43/07/25 Toena 31 shell Munda   66  69 
43/07/30 43/08/0?     escort convoy from Tulagi to Noumea, en route detached to Efate   66 
43/08/11       Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/11 43/08/15     out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/14 43/08/18   31 land Vella Lavella   66 
43/08/15 43/08/18     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/28 43/09/0?     escort AKA Titania from Guadalcanal to Noumea   66 
43/09       Noumea, Sydney - rest, reapair period   66 
43/09/30 43/10     Tulagi - Slot patrols   66 
43/10/02       attacking convoy betw. Choiseul and Kolombangara (+Terry,Ralph Talbot)   66 
43/10/04 43/10/04     Port Purivs, Tulagi   88 
43/10/06     DesRon4 xVelLa2  
43/10/17 43/10/2?   DesDiv41 escort convoy from Solomons to Efate   66 
43/10/23 43/10/26   37/DesDiv41 escort AE Lassen from Efate to Noumea, then Aldebaran back to Efate   66 
43/10/31       reassigned to 5th Fleet   66 
43/11/10 43/12/09 Galvan 50.1/DesDiv41     66 
43/12/04   Galvan 50.1/DesDiv41 damaged by friendly fire from Oakland (10-00N, 170-00E)   85 
43/12/16 44/02/01     San Francisco - overhaul   66 
43/12/29       P.H.   88 
44/02/01 44/02/18     sail San Francisco > P.H. > Kwajalein   66 
44/02/2 ? 44/02/2?     escort convoy from Kwajalein to Eniwetok   66 
44/02/29 44/03/03     sail Eniwetok > P.H. escorting Coral Sea, Corregidor   66 
44/03/03 44/03/15     P.H. - training duty   66 
44/03/15 44/03/27   50.15     66 
44/03/27 44/04/06     Port Purvis, Tulagi   66 
44/04/06 44/04/07     sail from Tulagi to Milne Bay   66 
44/04/08       sail from Milne Bay to Cape Sudest to join TF 77   66 
44/04/18 44/04/2? Reckle 77.2 land Humboldt Bay, Hollandia   66 
44/04/25? 44/04/30?     Cape Sudest - tender availability (AD-3 Dobbin)   66 
44/05/01? 44/05/07 Reckle   escort reinforcement convoy to Hollandia, then FDS duty   66 
44/05/07 44/05/09     Cape Cretin   66 
44/05/09 44/05/13     escort LST convoy from Cape Cretin to Russells   66 
44/05/13 44/05/1?     reassigned to 3rd Fleet, escort convoy from Russells to Noumea   66 
44/05/24 44/05/27   DesDiv41 sail from Noumea to Blanche Harbor   66 
44/05/28 44/05/29   DesDiv41 shell Medina Plantation, New Ireland   66 
44/06/01 44/06/07   DesDiv41 ASW duty  
44/06/07 44/06/15   30.4 HKG   70 
44/06/10     30.4 HKG: sinking/prob RO-111 210 nm NNW of Kavieng (00-26N, 149-16E)   70  85 
44/06/15 44/08/05     Blanche Harbor   66 
44/08/05       reassigned to 7thFlt   66 
44/08/2?     7thFlt shell Aitape   66 
44/09/06 44/10 Trade 77/DesDiv41 land Morotai - FDS duty   66 
44/10/18 44/10/26 King2 78.7/DesDiv41     66 
44/10/24 44/10/25 King2 78.7/DesDiv41 xSuriga - anchored near the entrance of San Pedro Bay   66 
44/10/27 44/10/28   77.4     66 
44/10/29 44/11/16   77.2 sail from Leyte to Ulithi, then to Kossol Roads and back to Ulithi   66 
44/11/12 44/11/16     sail from Ngulu Is to Kossol Roads en route from Ulithi   66 
44/11/16 44/11/29 King2 77.2 patrol E of Surigao Strait   66 
44/12/0? 44/12/2?     Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/12/28 45/02 Mike1 77.3/DesRon21/DesDiv41     66 
45/01/05   Mike1 77.3/DesRon21/DesDiv41 sinking miniSS S of Negros Is  
45/02/14 45/02/17 Mike1 78.3/DesRon21/DesDiv41 land Corregidor & Mariveles Harbor   66 
45/02/17   Mike1 78.3/DesRon21/DesDiv41 shell Ternate area, S Manila Bay   85 
45/03/10   Vict4 78.1/DesDiv41 land Zamboanga   66  81 
45/03/15   Mike1   shell Corregidor   66 
45/03/24 45/03/27 Vict2 78.2 land Cebu Is.   66  81 
45/04/27 45/05/03 Oboe1 78 land Tarakan   66 
45/05/1? 45/06     Philippines - training operations   66 
45/06/17? 45/06/25 Iceber 32.1     66 
45/06/25 45/07/08     Leyte   66 
45/07/08 45/08/03   30.8     66 
45/08/03 45/08/08   38.4 raid Home Is.   66 
45/08/08 45/08/13   30.8    
45/08/13 45/08/23   38.4     66 
45/08/23 45/08/29     screen Missouri   66 
45/08/27       entered Tokio Bay  
45/09/02       Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony   81 
69       sold to Italia > Lanciere  

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1969/07/02 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 15 Battle Stars
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