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DD-491 Farenholt
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Bristol | . . Bethhlehem Steel Co., Staten Is., N.Y. | 1941/11/19 | 1942/04/02 | 1971
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| Namesake: Adm Farenholt | |||||
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| Camouflage: 42: Ms 12/Mod, 44: Ms 32/3d | |||||
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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/SF | at building yard | 114 | ||
| 42/07/01 | 42/08 | Watch | 18/DesRon12/SF | 66 | |
| 42/08 | 18/screen/DesRon12 | xEasSol | |||
| 42/09/09 | 42/09/16 | 18/DesRon12/SF | 66 | ||
| 42/10/02 | 64 | land Funafuti | 66 | ||
| 42/10/07 | 42/10/13 | 64.2/DesRon12/SF | xEsper -damage - 3 KIA, 43 WIA | 66 | |
| 42/11 | 43/02 | PHNY - repairs | 66 | ||
| 43/03/03 | 43/04/03 | Esp. Santo - patrol and training duty | 66 | ||
| 43/04/03 | 43/04/06 | sail from Esp. Santo to Tulagi | 66 | ||
| 43/04/07 | 43/04/10 | escort merchants Tulagi > Esp. Santo - attacked by planes | 66 | ||
| 43/04/10 | 43/04/??? | 15 | 88 | ||
| 43/06/19 | 43/06/27 | Efate | 88 | ||
| 43/06/2? | 43/07 | Toena | 31.2.1/UF | ||
| 43/07/09 | Port Purvis, Florida Is. | 88 | |||
| 43/07/11 | 43/07/12 | 36.9 | shell Munda | 88 | |
| 43/07/20 | Esp. Santo | 88 | |||
| 43/07/24 | 43/07/28 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/08/20 | 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 | ||
| 43/09/28 | 43/09/30 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 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 | |
| 43/10/10 | 43/10/12 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/10/12 | 43/10/13 | out of Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/10/13 | 43/10/24 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/10/28 | 43/10/31 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | ||
| 43/10/31 | 44/11/1? | Shoe2 | 38/DesRon12/SF | land Cape Torokina, Rabaul strikes | 104 |
| 43/11/16 | 43/11/18 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | ||
| 43/12/14 | 43/12/20 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 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 | shell Kavieng - damage(shore battery) (02-20S, 151-02E) | 66 85 | ||
| 44/02/25 | 38/DesRon12 | sinking/share AK Tacugiko Maru (6800 BRT) 20 miles N of New Hanover (02-46N, 150-42E) | 85 85 | ||
| 44/02/27? | 44/03 | Purvis Bay, Tulagi - repairs | 66 | ||
| 44/03/20 | 44/06/16 | MINY - repairs, overhaul | 66 88 | ||
| 44/07/17 | 44/08/10 | Forage | 53.2.1/UF | land Guam | 66 81 |
| 44/08/28 | 44/10/24 | King2 | 38.1.3/DesRon12 | 66 | |
| 44/09/14 | Stale2 | 38.1 | shell suspected radar station on Cape San Augustin n mouth of Davao Gulf (with Grayson, McCalla) | 85 | |
| 44/10/24 | 44/10/27 | King2 | 30.3.1/DesRon12 | 66 110 | |
| 44/10/27 | 45/05/05 | 94/DesRon12/SF | Western Carolines, Marianas, ulithi, Kossol Passage - patrol & escort | 66 | |
| 45/05/05 | 45/05/08 | sail from Ulithi to Okinawa | 66 | ||
| 45/05/08 | 45/06/16? | Iceber | Okinawa - patrol, escort, ASW, RP duty | 66 | |
| 45/06/16? | 45/06/19 | sail from Okinawa to San Pedro Bay, Leyte | 66 | ||
| 45/06/19 | 45/07/28 | 30.8 | 66 | ||
| 45/07/28 | 45/09/22 | Okinawa - screening duty | 66 | ||