file created: 12/07/02 01:04:18 , last update: 06/28/00
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DD-478 Stanly
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher 1941/09/15
Charleston Naval Shipyard, Charleston, S.C.
1942/05/02 1942/10/15 1972/02
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Namesake:
TTD differences from class:44: Ms 21, 45: Ms 32
Camouflage: 41: Ms 22, 42: Ms 21, 43: Ms 32/13d, 43-44: Ms 21
WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/03/05       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
43/03/06 43/03/12     sail from Panama to San Pedro, California   66 
43/03/12 43/03/16     San Pedro, Califonia   66 
43/03/16 43/03/22     sail San Pedro, California > P.H.   66 
43/03/22 43/05/14     P.H. - ASW, screen, training duty   66 
43/05/14 43/05/26     escort convoy P.H. > Noumea   66 
43/05/26 43/08     Noumea - escort and screen duty   66 
43/07/02 43/07/05 Toena 36.3.9     88 
43/08/0? 43/08/07     sail from Wallis Is. to Noumea   66 
43/08/07 43/08/11     escort convoy Noumea > Esp. Santo   66 
43/08/11 43/08/23     Esp. Santo - availability   66 
43/08/23 43/08/24   DesDiv45 sail from Esp. Santo to Fila Is., New Hebrides with DesDiv45   66 
43/08/25 43/08/27   DesDiv45 sail from Fila Is. to Tulagi with DesDiv45   66 
43/08/28 43/08/29     patrol off Kula Gulf entrance   66 
43/08/29 43/09/08     Tulagi   66 
43/09/08 43/09/10     escort convoy out of Tulagi   66 
43/09/10 43/09/13     after parting company with convoy sail to Noumea   66 
43/09/13 43/09/29     Noumea - boiler repairs, rearm, refuel   66 
43/10/05       arrived Tulagi with convoy from Noumea   66 
43/10/06 43/10/07     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/08       Esp. Santo   66 
43/10/28 43/10/31     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/10/29 43/11/03   39/DesRon23/DesDiv45 xEmpAug   81 
43/11 43/12     New Hebrides, Solomons   66 
43/11/03 43/11/0?     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/09 43/11/13   39.1/DesRon23/DesDiv45 escort TG 31.7 from Tulagi to Empress Augusta Bay and back   88 
43/11/13 43/11/15     escort disabled Denver back to Tulagi   88 
43/11/15 43/11/18     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/16       attacking IJN SS (with Converse)   66 
43/11/19 43/11/19     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/12     DesRon23 shell Kavieng  
43/12/24       shell Massungon Is.   66 
43/12/25 44/01/03     Port Purvis, Tulagi   66 
44       Ms 21  
44/01/0? 44/01/2?     Esp. Santo - availability, exercises   66 
44/01/03 44/01/0?     sail to Esp. Santo   66 
44/01/29 44/01/30     Port Purvis, Tulagi   66 
44/01/30 44/02/11     Buka, Choiseul, Bougainville, Green Islands - patrol   66 
44/02/11 44/02/13     Port Purvis, Tulagi   66 
44/02/13 44/02/2?   39 land Green Islands   66 
44/02/18     39.4/DesRon23/DesDiv45/SF shell Kavieng   85 
44/02/22       sinking/share minelayer Nacushima off New Ireland  
44/03     39    
44/03/24 44/03/30     sail from Tulagi to Palaus to join TG 58.4   66 
44/03/30 44/04/06 Desec1 58.4     66 
44/04/06 44/04/30     Majuro - repairs   66 
44/04/30 44/06/03     Majuro - training and various operations   66 
44/06/03 44/06/08     escort Indianapolis from Majuro to Kwajalein > Eniwetok   66 
44/06/08 44/07/31 Forage 58.4/DesRon23/DesDiv45     81 
44/06/19   Forage 58.4/DesRon23/DesDiv45 xPhilip   81 
44/08/01 44/08/03     Eniwetok   66 
44/08/03 44/08/10     sail from Eniwetok to P.H.   66 
44/08/11 44/08/17     sail from P.H. to San Francisco   66 
44/08/17 44/10/11?     San Francisco (Bethlehem Steel shipyard) - overhaul   66 
44/10/11? 44/10/18     sail fromSan Francisco to P.H.   66 
44/10/18 44/11/10     P.H. - training   66 
44/11/10 44/11/21     sail from P.H. to Ulithi   66 
44/11/21 44/12/08     Ulithi   66 
44/12/11 45/01/04     San Pedro Bay, Leyte   66 
44/12/12 44/12/13 Love3 78.3 land Mindoro   105 
44/12/13 44/12/1? Love3   escort damaged Nashville back to Leyte   105 
45/01/04 45/01/31 Mike1 77/DesRon23/DesDiv45     66 
45/01/11   Mike1 77.7 sweep San Fernando Harbor   81 
45/01/31       Leyte   66 
45/02/04 45/02/08     Ulithi   66 
45/02/08 45/02/10     sail from Ulithi to Saipan   66 
45/02/10 45/02/16     Saipan - patrol duty   66 
45/02/16 45/03/15 Detach       66 
45/03/15 45/03/17     Saipan   66 
45/03/18 45/03/27     Ulithi - repairs   66 
45/03/27 45/03/31 Iceber 53.6 sail from Ulithi to Okinawa   66  86 
45/03/31 45/04/12 Iceber   Okinawa - RP duty   66 
45/04/12   Iceber   Okinawa/RP2 - sail replace Cassin Young on RP1  
45/04/12   Iceber   damage(kami) Okinawa betw RP2 & RP1 (27-12N, 128-17E)   66  85 
45/04/12 45/04/22 Iceber   Kerama Retto - repairs   66 
45/04/22 45/05/05 Iceber   Okinawa - RP duty   66 
45/05/05 45/05/09 Iceber   escort convoy from Okinawa to Ulithi   66 
45/05/09 45/05/28     Ulithi - repairs   66 
45/05/28       damage - #5 127mm gun explosion - 2 KIA - only casualties through WWI   66 
45/05/30? 45/06/03     sail from Ulithi to Guam   66 
45/06/03 45/08/20     Apra Harbor, Guam - repairs   66 
45/08/20 45/08/30     sail from Guam to Eniwetok > P.H. > Mare Island   66 
45/08/30 45/10?     MINY - overhaul   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1970/12/01 - stuck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 9 Battle Stars
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