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DD-509 Converse
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher . .
Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine 		1942/08/30 1942/11/20 1959/07/01
sold
Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 21, 43: Ms 31/2c, 44: Ms 21


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/05       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
43/05/13 43/05/17     escort (with Case, Pringle, Smith) North Carolina and Victorious from Pago Pago to Noumea   126 
43/05/17       Noumea  
43/05/2? 43/09/16     escort and convoy duty among Esp. Santo, Guadalcanal, New Georgia   66 
43/08/01 43/08/08     escort (with Halford, Boyd) Indiana and Victorious from Noumea to P.H.   81 
43/08/09       Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/09 43/08/11     out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/11 43/08/14     out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/14 43/08/16     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/16 43/08/17     out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/17 43/08/21     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/21 43/08/28     out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/28 43/08/30     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/30 43/09/04   39 exercises with TF 37 and TF 38 out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/04 43/09/08     Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/08 43/09/10     out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/10     39 gunnery exercises out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/10 43/09/16     Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/16     DesRon23/DesDiv46 Port Purvis, Tulagi   66 
43/09/23 43/09/26   31.2 sail to sweep Kolombangara, then escort LSTs and APDs convoy to Vella Lavella and Tulagi   69 
43/10/02 43/10/03     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/10/06 43/10/07     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/10 43/10/19     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/29 43/11/03   39/DesRon23/DesDiv46 xEmpAug   81 
43/10/29 43/10/31     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/02       detached to Tulagi for refuel and rearm   88 
43/11/03 43/11/09     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/09 43/11/14?   39.1/DesRon23/DesDiv46 escort TG 31.7 from Tulagi to Empress Augusta Bay and back   88 
43/11/15 43/11/18     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/16 43/11/17   DesRon23/DesDiv46 attacking IJN SS (with Stanly)   66 
43/11/19 43/11/21     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/24 43/11/25   DesRon23/DesDiv46/DF xCaStGe - sinking/share Makinami off Cape St. George   81 
43/12     DesRon23/DesDiv46 shell Kavieng  
43/12/03       damage(planes) escortin Bougnaiville reinforcement   66 
43/12/14       sail from Tulagi to Sydney for repairs   66 
43/12/2? 44/01     Sydney - repairs   66 
44/01/30 44/03/27   DesRon23 from Port Purvis, Tulagi to N Solomons   66 
44/02/18     39.4/DesRon23/DesDiv46 shell Kavieng   85 
44/03/27 44/04     sail from Tulagi to Majuro   66 
44/04/13 44/05/04 Reckle 58.3/DesRon23/DesDiv46/DF     81  112 
44/06/06 44/08/04 Forage 58.4/DesRon23/DesDiv46/DF     81 
44/06/19   Forage 58.4/DesRon23/DesDiv46/DF xPhilip   81 
44/08/04 44/08/2?     sail to Mare Island for overhaul   66 
44/08/2? 44/10     MINY - overhaul   66 
44/11/03 44/11/1? King2   escort convoy to Leyte   66 
44/12/21     77 Mindoro 1sr Resupply Echelon - rescued 266 LST-749 survivors   66 
44/12/31 45/02 Mike1 77/DesRon23/DesDiv45     81 
45/02/14 45/02/17 Mike1 78.3/DesRon23/DesDiv45/DF land Corregidor   81  66 
45/02/2? 45/03     patrol off Corregidor   66 
45/03/15 45/03/1? Vict1 78.3 land Panay Is., Los Negros Is.   66  81 
45/03/24 45/03/2? Vict2 78.2 land Cebu City, Cebu Is.   85 
45/04       off Iloilo - prepare to Japan Invasion   66 
45/05/16 45/09/10 Iceber   Okinawa - RP duty  
59/07/01       sold to Spain> Almirante Valdez  

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 11 Battle Stars, PUC (DesRon23 43/10/31-44/02/04)
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