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DD-469 De Haven
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher . .
Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine
1942/06/28 1942/09/20 1943/02/01
sunk
Namesake: Lt De Haven
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 41-42: Ms 21


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
42/11       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
42/11/14 42/11/28     escort Indiana and Columbia from Panama to Tongatabu   112 
42/11/28       Tongatabu   66 
42/11/30 42/12/02     escort Indiana and Columbia from Tongatabu to Noumea   112 
42/12/07 42/12/14     screen transports off Guadalcanal   66 
43/01/23     67 shell Munda  
43/02/01     67/DesRon21 sunk(planes) covering landing at Verahue, Guadalcanal - 167 KIA,38 WIA   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: sunk 09-09S, 159-52E
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 1 Battle Star
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