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DD-515 Anthony
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Fletcher | 1942/08/17 Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine | 1942/12/20 | 1943/02/26 | 1948/01/17
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| Namesake: Pvt William Anthony, USMC, KIA 1898/02/15 onboard USS Maine in Havana Harbor | |||||
| TTD differences from class: | |||||
| Camouflage: 43: Ms 32/13d, 44: Ms 22 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 43/05/1? | joinPac | ||||
| 43/05/1? | 43/05/31 | escort (with Bennett) Essex from Panama to P.H. | 127 | ||
| 43/05/31 | 43/08/1? | P.H. - training and escort duty | 66 | ||
| 43/08/1? | 43/08/2? | sail from P.H. to Esp. Santo | 127 | ||
| 43/08/31 | 43/09/04 | 38/DesRon45/DesDiv90 | tactical exercises with TF 37 and TF 39 out of Esp. Santo | 88 127 | |
| 43/09/06 | ?? | DesRon45/DesDiv90/DF | 127 | ||
| 43/10/07 | 43/10/10 | 37/38/39 probably 38 | fleet (combined TF 37, TF 38, TF 39) exercises SW of Esp. Santo | 88 | |
| 43/10/28 | 43/11/1? | Shoe2 | 31.5/DesRon45/DesDiv90 | 66 | |
| 43/11/03 | 43/11/05 | Shoe2 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 127 | |
| 43/11/05 | 43/11/08 | Shoe2 | 31.? | 2nd Reinforcement Echelon | 127 |
| 43/11/08 | Shoe2 | 31.5/DesRon45/DesDiv90 | fight with PT-169,PT-170 off Empress Augusta Bay | ||
| 43/11/15 | 43/11/17 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | ||
| 43/11/2? | 44/02 | Solomons - convoy, sweep, FS duty | 66 | ||
| 43/11/21 | 43/11/21 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | ||
| 43/12/04 | 43/12/05 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 44/01 | maintenance at Efate (AD Medusa, AD Dixie) | 81 | |||
| 44/01/20 | sinking/share(Pringle) group of barges SE of Bougainville | 127 | |||
| 44/02/15 | 44/02/19 | 31/DesDiv90 | land Green Islands | 66 | |
| 44/02/23 | 44/03/0? | 31/DesRon45/DesDiv90 | shell Rabaul, Kavieng, antishipping sweep in St. George Channel | 66 85 127 | |
| 44/03/15 | 44/04/20 | 31.6 | land Emirau | 66 | |
| 44/04/20 | 44/04/24 | escort merchant from Tulagi to Efate | 127 | ||
| 44/04/24 | 44/04/29 | sail from Efate to Sydney | 127 | ||
| 44/04/29 | 44/05/?? | Sydney - rest and recreation | 127 | ||
| 44/05/29 | 44/07/08 | Forage | 52.10/FSU6/DesRon45/DesDiv90/DF | land Saipan | 25 127 |
| 44/06/19 | Forage | 58.3/DesRon45/DesDiv90/DF | xPhilip | 81 127 | |
| 44/06/27 | 44/07/07 | Forage | 52.17.8/DesRon45/DesDiv90 | 127 | |
| 44/07/07 | 44/07/08 | Forage | sail from Saipan to Guam | 127 | |
| 44/07/09 | 44/07/12 | Forage | 53.18 | land Guam | 127 |
| 44/07/12 | 44/08/09 | Forage | 53.2/DesDiv90/DF | land Guam | 66 81 |
| 44/07/12 | 44/07/16 | Forage | 53.18.2 | sail from Guam to Eniwetok | 127 |
| 44/07/17 | 44/07/21 | Forage | 53.2.1 | escort landing troops to Guam | 127 |
| 44/07/21 | 44/07/25 | Forage | 53.5 | FS duty | 127 |
| 44/07/26 | 44/08/10 | Forage | Guam - transport area ASW screen | 127 | |
| 44/08/1? | 44/08/20 | escort APA convoy from Eniwetok to P.H. | 127 | ||
| 44/08/10 | 44/08/13 | Forage | 53.15.10 | sail from Guam to Eniwetok | 127 |
| 44/08/2? | 44/10 | convoy duty | 66 | ||
| 44/10/25 | 44/12/02 | San Francisco - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 44/12/20 | 44/12/30 | escort convoy from San Francisco to P.H. | 127 | ||
| 44/12/30 | 45/01/27 | P.H. - landing rehearsals | 127 | ||
| 45/01/27 | 45/02/1? | sail from P.H. to Saipan | 127 | ||
| 45/02/0? | 45/03 | Detach | 51.1 | 66 127 | |
| 45/03/21 | 45/05/23 | Iceber | 55.6/DesRon24/GF,SF | 66 86 | |
| 45/04/? | 45/06/24 | Iceber | Okinawa - RP duty | 66 | |
| 45/05/23 | 45/05/28 | Iceber | 51.5 | ||
| 45/05/27 | Iceber | 51.5 | damage(kami) Okinawa/RP5 (26-25N, 128-30E) | 26 85 | |
| 45/05/28 | 45/06/24 | Iceber | 31.5 | 127 | |
| 45/06/07 | Iceber | 31.5 | damage(kami) Okinawa/RP1 (27-07N, 127-38E) | 26 | |
| 45/06/24 | 45/06/2? | sail from Okinawa to Leyte | 127 | ||
| 45/07/13 | 45/07/24 | 95 | 1st East China Sea antishipping sweep | 127 | |
| 45/07/26 | 45/08/1 | 95.2 | 2nd East China Sea antishipping sweep | 127 | |