file created: 12/07/02 00:52:04 , last update: 07/25/02
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DD-487 Lardner
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Bristol 1941/09/16
Federal Shipb. & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J. 		1942/03/20 1942/05/13 1949/06/10
sold
Namesake: RAdm James L. Lardner
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 12/Mod, 44: Ms 31/3d


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 42/09/03     sail from Panama to Tongatabu   66 
42/09/03 42/09/1?     Tongatabu - escort and screen duty   66 
42/09/14? 42/09/16   18/DesRon12/DesDiv23     66 
42/10/15 42/10/29   64/DesRon12 xSCruz   66 
42/10/28 42/11/01   64.2 shell Guadalcanal   66 
42/10/30     64.2 off Lunga  
42/10/31 42/11/08   65.3 Guadalcanal reinforcement   81 
42/11/07       attacking (with Lansdowne) I-20 off Lunga Point   85 
42/11/08 42/11/14   67.2/DesRon12 xGuadal   81 
42/11/30 42/12/01   67 xTassaf  
42/12/10 42/12/2?     Noumea - tender availability (AD Dixie)   66 
43/01 43/02     Esp. Santo, Tulagi, Guadalcanal - escort, convoy and screen duty   66 
43/02/15       New Zealand   66 
43/02/16 43/02/18     escort transports from Noumea to Guadalcanal   66 
43/02/20? 43/03     convoy duty between Guadalcanal and Noumea   66 
43/03       convoy duty between Guadalcanal, Fiji, Noumea, Esp. Santo   66 
43/04     15     66 
43/05/08 43/06??     PHNY - overhaul   66 
43/06?? 43/07/14     P.H.   66 
43/07/14 43/07/21     escort Enterprise from P.H. to San Francisco   66  110 
43/07/21 43/07/27     San Francisco   66 
43/07/27 43/08/01     sail from San Francisco to P.H.   66 
43/08/01 43/08/14     sail from P.H. to Pago Pago   66 
43/08/14 43/09/02   37/DesRon12 off Pago Pago   66 
43/08/26 43/08/30     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/30 43/09/02?   37/DesRon12 tactical exercises with TF 38 and TF 39 out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/04 43/09/06     Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/06? 43/09/18     from Esp. Santo to Florida Is.   66  88 
43/09/18 43/09/2?     escort landing crafts to Vella Lavella   66 
43/09/28 43/09/30     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10       Solomons - patrol duty   66 
43/10/06 43/10/07     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/07 43/10/10   37/38/39 - probably 37 fleet (combined TF 37, TF 38, TF 39) exercises SW of Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/31 43/11/1? Shoe2 38/DesRon12/DesDiv24 land Cape Torokina, Rabaul strikes   104 
43/11/16 43/11/18     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/20 43/11/21     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/29       shell Bougainville   66 
43/12 44/01     bombardment, escort duty   66 
43/12/14 43/12/20     Esp. Santo   88 
44/02/13 44/02/18   38/DesRon12 land Green Is   66 
44/02/25     38/DesRon12 shell Kavieng   66 
44/02/25     38/DesRon12 sinking/share AK Tacugiko Maru (6800 BRT) 20 miles N of New Hanover (02-46N, 150-42E)   66  85 
44/04 44/05 Persec 78.1     70 
44/06/06 44/08 Forage 58.4/DesDiv24     81 
44/06/19   Forage 58.4/DesDiv24 xPhilip   81 
44/08 44/09/29     Bremerton - overhaul   66 
44/08/06 44/08/11     Eniwetok   88 
44/10       P.H.   66 
44/11/19 45/03     convoy duty among Ulithi Eniwetok, Kossol Roads, Leyte   66 
44/12/27       off Peleliu - rescued USAF flyers   66 
45/01/29       damage(shoal) off Ngesebi Is., Palaus   66  85 
45/02       Ulithi - repairs   66 
45/02/23 45/04     patrol duty between Peleliu and Angaur   66 
45/05 45/06   30.8/50.8??     66 
45/07 45/08   30.8     66 
45/08/1? 45/08/17     escort crippled Borie from Japan to Saipan   66 
45/08/27 45/08/29     Sagami Wan   66 
45/08/29       escort South Dakota into Tokio Bay   66 
45/09/02       Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony   81 
49/06/10       sold to Turkey > Gemlik  

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 10 Battle Stars
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