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DD-492 Bailey
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Bristol . .
Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Is., N.Y.
1941/12/19 1942/05/11 1968
scrap
Namesake: RAdm Theodorus Bailey (*1805/04/12, + 1877/02/10) - during Civil War - RAdm Farragutīs 2nd in command
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 12/Mod, 43: Ms 22, 43: Ms 21, 44: Ms 31/6d
WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
42/12     8 Aleutians   85 
43/01/12     8.6 land Amchitka   66 
43/03/22 43/03/28   16.6/DesRon14/SF xKomand   85  66 
43/03/26     16.6/DesRon14/SF damaged by gunfire (53-20N, 168-36E) - 5 KIA, 6 WIA   85 
43/03/28       Kuluk Bay, Adak   85 
43/03/28 43/04/02?     Dutch Harbor - temporary repairs   66 
43/04/02 43/04/08     sail to repairs from Dutch Harbor to Mare Island   66 
43/04/02? 43/04/        
43/04/08 43/09     MINY - repairs   66 
43/10       P.H.   66 
43/11 43/12/08 Galvan 53.4.1    
43/12/08 43/12/14     with Aylwin escort Maryland to P.H.   66 
43/12/29       P.H.   88 
44/01/31 44/02/29 Flint 52.8.2    
44/04/15       P.H.   125 
44/05/29 44/07 Forage 52.17/FSU2    
44/08/23 44/08/29     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
44/09/0? 44/10 Stale2 32 land Peleliu/Angaur   66 
44/10/01   Stale2 32 damage(planes) on RP duty off Palau - 9 KIA, 16 WIA (06-59N, 134-13E)   66 
44/10/28 44/12     MINY - repairs   66 
44/12/24       P.H.   66 
45/03/10 45/04/10     land Mindanao   66 
45/04/2? 45/05 Oboe1 78 land Tarakan   81 
45/04/27 45/07/22   78 land Borneo   66 
45/08 45/11     Far East -training duty   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 9 Battle Stars, NUC (xKomad.)
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