file created: 12/07/02 00:26:04 , last update: 03/20/00
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DD-511 Foote
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher . .
Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine 		1942/10/11 1942/12/22 1972
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Namesake: Adm Foote
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 21, 43: Ms 32/18d, 44: Ms 21


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/06       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
43/06/28     DesRon23 Noumea   66 
43/07 43/09/2?   DesRon23 convoys from Noumea to Tulagi, Efate, Esp. Santo,Vella Lavella,Rendova   66 
43/07/17       departed Efate   88 
43/08/11 43/08/16     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/16 43/08/17     out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/17 43/08/30     Esp. Santo   88 
43/08/22       exercises out of 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 43/09/16     Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/27 43/09/29     hunting barges evacuating Kolombangara   66 
43/09/29       screen McCalla and Patterson after they collided   66 
43/09/29 43/10/01     sweep Slot with McCalla, Patterson and Ralph Talbot   69 
43/10/01       arrived Vella Lavella with LSTs   66 
43/10/02 43/10/04     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/10/07 43/10/10   37/38/39 fleet (combined TF 37, TF 38, TF 39) exercises SW of Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/12 43/10/24     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/20 43/10/20   39.2 exercises out of Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/24 43/10/27   39.3/DesRon23/DesDiv46 land Treasure Islands   66  88 
43/10/27 43/10/31     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/10/29 43/11/03   39/DesRon23/DesDiv46 xEmpAug   81 
43/11/02 43/11/03   39/DesRon23/DesDiv46 xEmpAug-damage(torpedo) - 3 KIA, 17 WIA   81 
43/11/02 43/11/04     towed (Claxton, then ATF-75 Sioux) back to Tulagi   88 
43/11/03 43/11/09     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/04 43/11/21     Purvis Bay - temporary repairs   81  88 
43/11/2? 44/03     west coast - repairs   66 
43/11/21 43/11/27     towed from Tulagi to Esp. Santo   88 
43/11/27 43/12/20     Esp. Santo   88 
43/12/ ? 43/12/19     Esp. Santo - drydock   88 
44/01/09 44/01/12     MINY   88 
44/03/04       San Pedro, Cal.   66 
44/08/06 44/10/24     San Francisco - precommissioning crew training ship   66 
44/10/24 44/11/13     sail from San Francisco to Kossol Passage   66 
44/11/14 44/11/27 King2 77.4 screen convoy routes to Leyte   66 
44/11/27 44/12/09     Seeadler Harbor, Manus - replenish   66 
44/12/09 44/12/13     sail from Manus to Leyte   66 
44/12/13 44/12/19     Leyte   66 
44/12/19 44/12/24 Love3 77/ResEch1 escort convoy from Leyte to Mindoro and back   66 
44/12/21   Love3 77/ResEch1 damage(kami) 40 nm NW of San Jose, E Panay Is. (11-05N, 121-20E)   85 
44/12/24 45/01/04     Leyte   66 
45/01/04 45/01/12 Mike1 77/DesRon23/DesDiv45     81  66 
45/01/12   Mike1 79.14.2 escort empty ships covoy from Lingayen to Leyte   105 
45/03/13 45/03/16?     sail from Leyte to Okinawa   66 
45/03/16? 45/09/10 Iceber   Okinawa - RP duty   66 
45/03/31 45/05/13     Leyte Gulf, Manus, Morotai - escort and training duty   66 
45/06/03 45/06/06 Iceber   land Iheya Shima   66 
45/06/09   Iceber   land Aguni Shima   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 4 Battle Stars
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