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DD-510 Eaton
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher . .
Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine 		1942/09/20 1942/12/04 1969
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Namesake: Gen Eaton (USMC)
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 21, 44: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/02/2?       joinPac  
43/03/07 43/03/15   68 Efate   66  81 
43/03/1? 43/08/10     from Efate - patrol, escort duty to Solomons, Esp. Santo, Noumea   66 
43/03/15 43/03/30   19 tactical exercises off Efate and Esp. Santo   88 
43/04/07 43/04/   19     88 
43/04/14 43/05/06     Efate   88 
43/05/06 43/05/11   19 Efate   88 
43/05/11 43/05/18     Efate  
43/06/08 43/06/27     Efate   88 
43/07/20       Esp. Santo   88 
43/07/27 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 43/08/04   36.3 tactical exercises with TG 36.2 out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/06 43/08/07     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/10       Purvis Bay, Tulagi   66 
43/08/14 43/08/2?     land Vella Lavella   66 
43/09       "Slot" sweeps with CruDiv12   66 
43/09/04 43/09/16     Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/16 43/09/17   39 gunnery exercises out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/17 43/09/20     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 43/10/06   39.1 sweep Bougainville Strait   88 
43/10/02 43/10/04     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/10/06 43/10/07     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/10 43/10/11     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/11 43/10/23     ?? sail from Esp. Santo to Auckland and back ??   66  88 
43/10/23 43/10/24     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/26 43/10/27   FF land Treasury Is.  
43/10/28 43/11 Shoe2 31     66 
43/10/28 43/10/31     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/09 43/11/09     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/11 43/11/13   39.1 escort TG 31.7 from Tulagi to Empress Augusta Bay and back   88 
43/11/13 43/11/14     screen damaged Denver   66 
43/11/13 43/11/15     escort disabled Denver back to Tulagi   88 
43/11/15 43/11/18     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/19 43/11/21     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/2? 44/02     escort resupply convoys to Bougainville, Treasury Is., Vella Lavella   66 
43/11/24 43/11/27     Esp. Santo   88 
43/11/30 43/12/05     Esp. Santo   88 
44/02/13 44/02/17?   31? land Green Islands   66 
44/03/15 44/04   36? land Emirau   66 
44/05/04 44/05/07     sail from Solomons to Majuro   66 
44/05/29 44/06/02     shell and reconnaissance Kusaie Is., Carolines   66 
44/06/11 44/08/12 Forage 53? land Saipan, Tinian   66 
44/08/12 44/08/2?     sail fromTinian to Mare Island   66 
44/08/2? 44/11     MINY - overhaul   66 
44/11/25 44/12 King2 77.2 off Leyte   66 
44/12/01   King2 77.2 swept Ormoc Bay and San Isidro Peninsula area - sinking freighter   66  105 
44/12/12 44/12/22 Love3 77.12.1 land Mindoro   70 
44/12/22       Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/12/30? 45/03/01 Mike1 77     66 
45/01/10   Mike1 77 attacked by Shinjo boats - 1 KIA, 14 WIA   66 
45/02/14 45/02/17 Mike1 78.3 land Corregidor   66 
45/03/16 45/03/21 Vict1 74.2.2 land Iloilo, Panay Is.   66 
45/06/07 45/06/13 Oboe2 74 land Brunei Bay, Borneo   66 
45/06/13 45/07/05 Oboe6 74.2 land Balikpapan   66 
45/07/05 45/08/28     San Pedro Bay, Leyte   66 
45/08/28       departed Leyte to cover minesweeping operation in Yellow Sea   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 11 Battle Stars
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