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DD-499 Renshaw
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 1942/12/05 1970/10
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Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 41: Ms 22, 43-44: Ms 22, 44: Ms21


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/03 ? 43/06     Solomons - escort duty   66 
43/03/10 43/03/15     Efate   88 
43/03/15 43/03/30   19 tactical exercises off Efate and Esp. Santo   88 
43/04/14 43/05/11   19 Efate   88 
43/05/11 43/06/27     Efate   88 
43/06/18     19 exercises out of Efate   88 
43/06/26 43/07/1? Toena 36.2/DesDiv43     88 
43/07/02 43/07/05 Toena 36.3.9     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 
43/07/24 43/07/28     Esp. Santo   88 
43/07/28 43/07/30   36.2.2     88 
43/07/30 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 43/08/09     Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/06 43/09/13     Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/13 43/09/16     out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/16 43/09/20     Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/16 43/09/17   39 gunnery exercises out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/20 43/09/28   39.1 from Esp. Santo to Tulagi, then 'Slot' patrols and back to Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/30 43/10/02   39.1 sweep Bougainville Strait   88 
43/10/02 43/10/02     Tulagi   88 
43/10/26       Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/10/28 43/10/31 Shoe2 31.5 Port Purvis, Tulagi   88  127 
43/11/02   Shoe2 31.5 covering DM in Empress Augusta Bay  
43/11/03 43/11/04     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/08 43/11/09     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/15 43/11/17   31.6 5th Bougainville reinforcement echelon   66 
43/11/19 43/11/21     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/21 43/11/25   39 shell Empress Augusta Bay   66 
44/02/15     39 land Green Islands   66 
44/03/13       Empress Augusta Bay   66 
44/04 44/05     P.H. - amphib. training   66 
44/05/29 44/08 Forage 52.12    
44/11/2 ? 44/12?? King2 77.2/DesDiv43 Leyte - patrol duty   105 
44/11/27 44/11/28 King2 77.2/DesDiv43 shell Ormoc Bay   85 
44/11/28     77.2/DesDiv43 sinking/share PC Nr.53 from convoy W of Leyte  
44/11/28     77.2/DesDiv43 sinking/share I-46 in Ormoc Bay (10-48N, 124-35E)   66  105 
44/11/29     77.2/DesDiv43 swept Ormoc Bay   105 
44/12/12 44/12/18 Love3 77.12.1/DesRon22/DesDiv43 land Mindoro   70 
44/12/31 45/01 Mike1 77/DesRon22/DesDiv43     66 
45/02/20 45/02/21     escort convoy Leyte > Mangarin Bay, Leyte   66 
45/02/21       damage(RO-43) S of Siquijor Is., Luzon (24-36N, 141-48E) > towed (Smith) to Leyte - 19 KIA, 20 WIA   66  85 
45/03 45/04     San Pedro Bay, Leyte - temporary repairs - AD Whitney, AR Prometheus   66 
45/04 45/10     Todd Pacific Shipyards, Tacoma - permanent repairs   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1970/02/14 struck from Navy List
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