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DD-486 Lansdowne
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Bristol 1941/07/31
Federal Shipb. & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J.
1942/02/20 1942/04/29 1949/06/10
sold
Namesake: LtCdr Zachery Lansdowne, USN (*1888/12/01, +1925/09/03) - naval aviator died during crash of airship USS Shenandoah
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 12/Mod, 43: Ms 21, 44: Ms 32/3d, 45: Ms 22
WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
41/12/07     AtlFlt/DesFlot4/DesRon12/DesDiv24 at building yard   114 
42/08/21       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
42/08/21 42/09/06     sail from Panama to Tonga   66 
42/09/06 42/09/16   18/DesRon12/DesDiv23    
42/09/15     18/DesRon12/DesDiv23 off Guadalcanal - scuttled Wasp   85 
42/10/02     64.1 land Funafuti   66 
42/10/03? 42/10/0?     escort APV Hammondsport to Esp. Santo   66 
42/10/15 42/10/29   64/DesRon12 xSCruz   66 
42/11/04       off Lunga  
42/11/07       attacking (with Lardner) I-20 off Lunga Point   85 
42/11/30       sinking barges E of Cape Esperance   66 
42/11/31       attacking submerged target W of Koli Point   66 
42/12       escort run Tulagi > Sydney > Auckland > Noumea   66 
43/02/26       beached in Russel Islands  
43/02/26       damage(grounded) in Russells   66 
43/03/11 43/05     San Francisco - repairs   66 
43/05 43/07     Aleutians   66 
43/07/06     16.7 shell Kiska   85 
43/07/20 43/07/2?     sail from P.H. to Esp. Santo   66 
43/08/14 43/08/30     Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/02       off Vella Lavella   66 
43/09/1? 43/10/29     Solomons, Fiji - escort duty   66 
43/10/31 43/11/1? Shoe2 38/DesRon12/DesDiv24 land Cape Torokina, Rabaul strikes   66  104 
43/11/16 43/11/18     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/20 43/11/21     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/28       Empress Augusta Bay   66 
43/11/30       shell Bougainville   66 
43/12/14 43/12/20     Esp. Santo   88 
43/12/27     38 shell Kieta, Bougainville   66  85 
44/01/13 44/02/13   DesRon12 Bougainville area - gunfire, escort and training duty   66 
44/02/13 44/02/18   38/DesRon12 land Green Is   66 
44/02/25     38/DesRon12 sinking/share AK Tacugiko Maru (6800 BRT) 20 miles N of New Hanover (02-46N, 150-42E)   66 
44/02/25     38/DesRon12 shell Kavieng  
44/04 44/05 Persec 78.1     70 
44/05/18 44/06     PHNY - refit   66 
44/06/05 44/06/06     Majuro   66 
44/06/06 44/07/30 Forage 58.4/DesDiv24     81 
44/06/19   Forage 58.4/DesDiv24 xPhilip   81 
44/07/30 44/08/1?     sail from Marianas to Bremerton for overhaul   66 
44/08/06 44/08/11     Eniwetok   88 
44/08/1? 44/10     Bremerton - overhaul   66 
44/10/29 45/05/05     Ulithi, W Carolines - patrol duty   66 
45/01 45/01/16     tender for 4 AMs, 2 SCs   66 
45/05/1? 45/07     Okinawa - ASW, FS, screen duty   66 
45/07 45/08/23   30/38     66 
45/08/23       transport Atomic Bomb Investigation Group to Okinawa   66 
45/08/27       entered Sagami Wan   66 
45/08/29       escort South Dakota (CinCPac onboard) to Tokio Bay   66 
45/09/02       Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony - bring Japs to Missouri   81 
49/06/10       sold to Turkey > Gaziautep  

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 12 Battle Stars
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