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DD-488 McCalla
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Bristol | 1941/09/15 Federal Shipb. & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J. | 1942/03/20 | 1942/05/27 | 1959/04/29
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| Namesake: RAdm Bowman H. McCalla - 1898 CO Marblehead | |||||
| TTD differences from class: | |||||
| Camouflage: 42: Ms 12/Mod, 42-45: Ms 21 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41/12/07 | AtlFlt/DesFlot4/DesRon12/DesDiv24 | at building yard | 114 | ||
| 42/09/28 | 42/10/07 | Noumea | 66 | ||
| 42/10/07 | 42/10/11 | 64.2/DesRon12 | xEsper | ||
| 42/10/12 | 64.2/DesRon12 | assist Duncan, attacking I-2 | 85 | ||
| 42/10/15 | 42/10/29 | 64/DesRon12 | xSCruz | 66 | |
| 42/10/31 | 42/11/08 | 65.3 | Guadalcanal reinforcement | 81 | |
| 42/11/02 | attacking submaribne contact off Guadalcanal | 66 | |||
| 42/11/08 | 42/11/14 | 67.2/DesRon12 | xGuadal | 81 | |
| 42/11/12 | escort convoy Esp. Santo <> Guadalcanal | ||||
| 42/11/25 | sinking 40 landing boats off Tassafaronga | 66 | |||
| 43/01 | 43/06 | Fiji, Esp. Santo, Solomons - plane guard, escort and ASW duty | 66 | ||
| 43/03/08 | 43/03/10 | 15 | combined training operations with TF 19 | 88 | |
| 43/06/26 | 43/07 | Toena | 31.2.1 | ||
| 43/07/05 | 31.3.11 | escort APD to Munda | |||
| 43/07/09 | shell Munda | 66 | |||
| 43/07/1? | 43/07/20 | Esp. Santo - drydock (ARD-5) | 88 | ||
| 43/07/2? | 43/09/30 | escort, ASW duty | 66 | ||
| 43/07/24 | 43/07/28 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/08/06 | 43/08/11 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/08/19 | 43/08/21 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/08/21 | 43/08/29 | out of Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/08/29 | 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 | |
| 43/09/05 | 43/09/15 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/09/10 | 39 | gunnery exercises out of Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/09/17 | 43/09/20 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/09/23 | 43/09/26 | 31.2 | sail to sweep Kolombangara, then escort LSTs and APDs convoy to Vella Lavella and Tulagi | 69 | |
| 43/09/29 | damage(collision with Patterson) during sweep N of Kolombangara (07-36S, 157-12E) | 66 85 | |||
| 43/09/29 | 43/10/01 | sweep Slot with Foote, Patterson and Ralph Talbot | 69 | ||
| 43/10 | Port Purvis , Tulagi - temporary repairs | 66 | |||
| 43/10/02 | 43/10/04 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | ||
| 43/10/2? | 43/11?? | sail to Mare Island, rescued 868 s/s Cape San Juan survivors | 66 | ||
| 43/10/26 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | |||
| 43/10/29 | 43/10/29 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | ||
| 43/11 | 44/01/14 | MINY - repairs | 66 88 | ||
| 43/11/11 | assist torpedoed (I-21) AK Cape San Juan 450 nm SSW of Tongatabu (28-08S, 178-06W) | 110 85 | |||
| 44/02 | 44/04 | Majuro - ASW and escort duty | 66 | ||
| 44/03/20 | Flint | shell Ailinglapalap, Marshalls | 66 | ||
| 44/04/24 | 44/05/1? | P.H. - carrier group exercises | 66 | ||
| 44/05/30 | 44/06/06 | Majuro | 66 | ||
| 44/06/06 | 44/08 | Forage | 58.4/DesDiv24 | 81 | |
| 44/06/19 | Forage | 58.4/DesDiv24 | xPhilip | 81 | |
| 44/08/11 | arrived Eniwetok | 88 | |||
| 44/08/28 | 44/10/24 | King2 | 38.1.3/DesRon12/SF | 81 | |
| 44/09/14 | Stale2 | 38.1 | shell suspected radar station on Cape San Augustin n mouth of Davao Gulf (with Farenholt, Grayson) | 85 | |
| 44/10/24 | King2 | 30.3.1/DesRon12/SF | 110 | ||
| 44/11 | 45/02/1? | escort duty among Ulithi, Eniwetok, Peleliu, Manus, Leyte | 66 | ||
| 44/12/3? | 45/01/02 | escort convoy from Palau to Ulithi | 66 | ||
| 45/02/1? | 45/06 | Philippines - interislands escort duty | 66 | ||
| 45/03/01 | 45/03/1? | Vict4 | 78.1 | land Zamboanga | 66 81 |
| 45/06 | 45/07 | Philippines + Nether. East Indies - interislands escort duty | 66 | ||
| 45/07 | leftPac | ||||
| 45/07/0? | 45/07/22 | W Carolines - mopping operations | 66 | ||
| 45/07/22 | 45/08/09 | sail from Carolines to Portland | 66 | ||
| 45/08/09 | 46 | Portland - inactivation | 66 | ||