file created: 12/07/02 01:03:38 , last update: 07/25/02
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DD-502 Sigsbee
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher 1942/07/22
Federal Shipb. & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J.
1942/12/07 1943/01/23 1974
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Namesake: RAdm Charles Dwight Sigsbee (*1845/01/16, +1923/07/19) - CO Maine when exploded in 1898 in Havana Harbor
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42-44: Ms 21, 44: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/07/27       joinPac - Panama Canal  
43/07/27 43/08/09     escort Lexington II from Panama to P.H.   66 
43/08/22 43/09/08   15/DesRon25/DesDiv50 raid Marcus Is   66  100 
43/09/29 43/10/11   14/DesRon25/DesDiv50 raid Wake Is.   66  100 
43/10/21 43/11/05     sail from P.H. to Efate   66 
43/11/05 43/11/13     Efate - landing rehersals   66 
43/11/13 43/12/14 Galvan 53.1.4/DesRon25/DesDiv50     25  100 
43/12/14 44/01/22     P.H. - yard availability   66 
43/12/29       P.H.   88 
44/01/22 44/03/01 Flint 52.8.4    
44/03/01 44/03/0?     sail from Marshalls to Efate   66 
44/03/15 44/04   36.2/DesRon25/DesDiv50 land Emirau   66  100 
44/04/18 44/04/26 Reckle 77/DesRon25/DesDiv50 land Humboldt Bay   66  100 
44/06 44/08/03 Forage 53.1.14/DesRon25/DesDiv50     66  100 
44/08/1? 44/09/0?     Humboldt Bay   66 
44/08/11     arrived Eniwetok     88 
44/09/0? 44/09/2? Trade 77/DesRon25/DesDiv50 land Morotai   66  100 
44/10/03 44/10/2? King2 78.1/DesRon25/DesDiv49     66  100 
44/10/2? 44/11/15     sail from Leyte to San Francisco   66 
44/11/15 45/01     San Francisco - overhaul   66 
45/01/19       P.H.   66 
45/01/29 45/02/07   12.2/DesRon25/DesDiv50 sail from P.H. to Ulithi   81 
45/02/10 45/03/04 Detach 58.1.3/DesRon25/DesDiv50     66  100 
45/03/14 45/04 Iceber 58.1/DesRon25/DesDiv50     100 
45/03/24   Iceber 59.7.3/59.2.4/UF shell Okinawa   112 
45/04 45/04/14 Iceber   Okinawa - RP duty   66 
45/04/1? 45/05/2?     Guam - temporary repairs   66  81 
45/04/14   Iceber 58.1/DesRon25/DesDiv50 damage(kami) 150 nm NE of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (27-15N, 130-25E)   66  100  85
45/04/15 45/04/??     towed (AT-107 Munsee) to Guam   81 
45/05/2? 45/06/17     sail from Kerama Retto to P.H.   66 
45/06/17 45/09/28     PHNY - repairs   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 10 Battle Stars
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