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DD-507 Conway
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher 1941/11/05
Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine 		1941/08/16 1942/10/09 1970/06/26
target
Namesake: QM William Conway
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 41: Ms 21, 41-42: Ms 22, 43: Ms 31/21d, 44: Ms 22
WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/01/0?       joinPac  
43/01/13 43/01/27     Efate   66 
43/01/27     18 xRennel  
43/02       patrol between Esp. Santo and Guadalcanal   66 
43/02/14 43/02/19     Efate   81 
43/02/2 ? 43/02/26 Clean 18/DesRon22/DesDiv44 Russel Islands Landing   81 
43/02/26 43/03/04 Clean 68/DesRon22/DesDiv44 Russel Islands Landing   81 
43/03/04 43/03/09   68/DesRon22/DesDiv44 shell Vila, Kula Gulf   66 
43/03/10 43/06/15     Efate - patrol duty, training   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 43/05/18     Efate   88 
43/06 43/07 Toena 31/DesRon22/DesDiv44 land New Georgia   66 
43/06/08 43/06/27     Efate   88 
43/07/23 43/07/24   31 escort APDs from Guadalcanal to Kula Gulf, shell Kolombangara shore batteries, then sail back   69 
43/07/24 43/07/25   31 shell Munda   69 
43/07/26 43/08/12     Tulagi - escort duty, "Slot" patrols   66 
43/08/02 43/08/04   36.3 tactical exercises with TG 36.2 out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/05 43/08/09     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/14 43/08/30   31 land Vella Lavella   66 
43/08/30 43/09/12     Tulagi - night barges raid   66 
43/09/14 43/09/16     Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/2? 43/10     Fiji, Sydney - overhaul   66 
43/10/16 43/10/24     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/27       land Treasury Islands   66 
43/10/28 43/10/31     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/10/29 43/11/0? Shoe2 31.5     127 
43/11/0 ? 44/02/10 Shoe2 31.6/DesRon22/DesDiv44 land Bougainville   66 
43/11/02   Shoe2 31.6/DesRon22/DesDiv44 FightingControlShip in Empress Augusta Bay  
43/11/03 43/11/09     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/15 43/11/17 Shoe2 31.6/DesRon22/DesDiv44 5th Bougainville reinforcement echelon  
43/11/19 43/11/19     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/21 43/11/21     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/12/08 43/12/08     Esp. Santo   88 
43/12/18 43/12/19     Esp. Santo   88 
44/02/11 44/02/17   31/DesRon22/DesDiv44 land Green Islands   66 
44/02/22     39.4 shell Rabaul - sinking/share (DesDiv45, Spence) AT Nagaura 160 Nm of Kavieng (00-54S, 148-38E)   85 
44/02/28 44/03/17   36 New Britain, New Ireland - FS duty,   66 
44/03/05     36.2 shell Vila  
44/03/06     36.2 sinking/share Minegumo, Murasame off Vila  
44/05/08 44/05/14     Majuro   66 
44/05/14 44/06     sail from Majuro to P.H.   66 
44/06 44/08/12 Forage 53?     66 
44/06/25       Eniwetok   88 
44/08/12 44/08/2?     sail from Marianas to San Francisco   66 
44/09/ 44/11     San Francisco - overhaul   66 
44/11/2? 44/12 King2 77.2/DesRon22/DesDiv44 Leyte   105 
44/11/21       Ulithi   66 
44/12/01 44/12/02 King2 77.2/DesRon22/DesDiv44 sweep Ormoc Bay and San Isidro Peninsula area   66  105 
44/12/12 44/12/23 Love3 77.12.1/DesRon22/DesDiv44 land Mindoro   70 
44/12/23 44/12/31     Manus   66 
44/12/31 45/02 Mike1 77/DesRon22/DesDiv44     66 
45/02 45/06     Philippines   66 
45/02/13 45/02/17 Mike1 78.3/DesRon22/DesDiv44 land Corregidor   66 
45/03/16 45/03/21 Vict1 74.2.2 land Iloilo, Panay Is.   66 
45/03/27       support (with Cony) landing on Caballo Is. near Corregidor   85 
45/06/07 45/06/16 Oboe2 74 land Brunei Bay, Borneo   66 
45/06/19 45/07 Oboe6 78 land Balikpapan   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1950/11/08 > DDE-507, 1962/07/01 > DD-507, 1969/11/15 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...):
Notice: sunk as target by DD-762 Henley E of Cheaspeake Bay entrance