file created: 12/07/02 00:22:56 , last update: 05/01/00
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DD-485 Duncan
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Bristol . .
Federal Shipb. & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J.
1942/02/20 1942/04/16 1942/10/12
sunk
Namesake: Cdr Silas Duncan, fought in Battle of Lake Champlain in Sept 1814
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 12/Mod, 42: Ms 21


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     AtlFlt/DesFlot4/DesRon12/DesDiv24/DF at building yard   114 
42/07       joinPac  
42/09/14       arrived Esp. Santo   66 
42/09/14 42/09/16   18/DesRon12/DesDiv23     66 
42/09/16 42/10/07     Esp. Santo - escort and convoy duty   66 
42/10/07 42/10/11   64.2/DesRon12 xEsper  
42/10/12     64.2/DesRon12 xEsper -sunk 6 miles N of Savo Is - 48 KIA, 35 WIA   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 1 Battle Star
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