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DD-498 Philip
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher 1942/05/07
Federal Shipb. & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J. 		1942/10/13 1942/11/21 1968/10/01
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TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 41-42: Ms 22, 42-43: Ms 21, 44: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/03/15 43/03/30   19 tactical exercises off Efate and Esp. Santo   88 
43/04/14 43/06/27   19 Efate   88 
43/06/23 43/07/1? Toena 36.2/DesDiv43     88 
43/07/11 43/07/12   36.9/DesDiv43 shell Munda   88 
43/07/15 43/07/19   36.2.2 sail from Tulagi to Efate (07/17-07/19) > Esp. Santo   88 
43/07/28 43/07/30   36.2.1     88 
43/07/29? 43/08/02     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/02 43/08/05   36.2 tactical exercises with TG 36.3 out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/05 43/08/07     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/07 43/08/09     out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/09 43/08/18     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/14? 43/08/20?   31 land Vella Lavella   66 
43/08/17     31 damage(collision with Waller) off Vella Lavella (08-11' S., 156-43' E)   66 
43/08/31 43/09/04   38 tactical exercises with TF 37 and TF 39 out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/27       land Treasury Is   66 
43/09/28 43/09/30     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/06 43/10/07     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/14 43/10/17     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/20       escort -LST to Treasury Islands  
43/10/27?       land Treasury Is.   66 
43/10/29 43/10/30     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/03 43/11/04     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/15 43/11/17     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/19 43/11/21     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
44/01/08     38 shell Shortland, Choiseul   66 
44/02/15     39 land Green Islands   66 
44/03/14       shell Empress Augusta Bay   66 
44/05/17 44/07/30? Forage 52.12    
44/08 44/11???     ??? overhaul ???   66 
44/12/12 44/12/30 Love3 78 land Mindoro   66 
44/12/27 44/12/30   78.3.15 Mindoro reinforcement   66 
45/01/05 45/02 Mike1 77/DesRon22/DesDiv43    
45/01/10   Mike1 77/Desron22/DesDiv43 attacked by Shinjo Boats off Lingayen  
45/03/10   Vict4 78.1 land Zamboanga   66  81 
45/04/02 45/04/10     land Sanga Sanga Is., Jolo Is., Sulu Islands   66 
45/04/30 45/06/12 Oboe1 78 land Tarakan   66 
45/06/12 45/06/19     land Sarawak, Borneo   66 
45/06/2? 45/07/19 Oboe6 78 land Balikpapan   66 
45/08       minesweeping operations off China   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1968/10/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 9 Battle Stars
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