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DD-516 Wadsworth
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Fletcher | 1942/08/18 Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine | 1943/01/10 | 1943/03/16 | 1959
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| Namesake: Commo Alexander S. Wadsworth | |||||
| TTD differences from class: | |||||
| Camouflage: 43: Ms 32/14d, 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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| 43/07/27 | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | |||
| 43/08/09 | 43/08/19 | P.H. | 66 | ||
| 43/08/19 | escort Prince William from P.H. to Canton Is. | 66 | |||
| 43/08/2? | 43/08/2 | sail from Canton Is. to Esp. Santo | 66 | ||
| 43/08/31 | sail from Esp. Santo tu hunt IJN SS N of Bougainville Strait | 66 | |||
| 43/09/01 | sinking/prob I-182 off Esp. Santo (15-38N, 166-57E) | 85 | |||
| 43/09/06 | 43/09/17 | 38 | off Esp. Santo - train with TF around Saratoga | 66 88 | |
| 43/09/15 | 43/09/21 | sail from Efate to Noumea, then escort APs to Guadalcanal (with Selfridge, Ralph Talbot, Patterson) | 69 | ||
| 43/09/17 | 43/09/20? | escort (+ Tracy) supply convoy to Guadalcanal | 66 | ||
| 43/09/2? | 43/09/30 | escort empty cargo ships back to Efate | 66 | ||
| 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 | 43/12 | Shoe2 | 31.5/DesRon45/DesDiv90 | 66 127 | |
| 43/10/31 | Shoe2 | 31.5/DesRon45/DesDiv90 | damage(bomb - near miss) off Cape Torokina - 2 KIA, 9 WIA | 66 | |
| 43/11/0? | 43/11/10 | Shoe2 | 31 | patrol off Guadalcanal | 66 |
| 43/11/03 | 43/11/06 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | ||
| 43/11/12 | Shoe2 | 31 | arrived to Cape Torokina with troop transport | 66 | |
| 43/11/15 | 43/11/21 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | ||
| 43/11/29 | 43/11/29 | Esp. Santo | 88 | ||
| 43/12/27 | Shoe2 | 31 | shell Reini River area, Bougainville | 66 | |
| 43/12/3? | 44/01/08 | Purvis Bay | 66 | ||
| 44/01 | maintenance at Efate (AD Medusa, AD Dixie) | 81 | |||
| 44/01/08 | 44/01/1? | escort merchant ship from Solomons to Pago Pago, Samoa | 66 | ||
| 44/01/1? | escort AE-6 Shasta from Pago Pago to Esp. Santo | 66 | |||
| 44/01/1? | 44/01/2? | escort AP-23 West Point from Esp. Santo to Guadalcanal | 66 | ||
| 44/02/01 | Blanche Harbor, Treasury Is. | 66 | |||
| 44/02/01 | antishipping sweeps E of New Ireland,Buka, Choiseul (+Waller, Halford) | 66 | |||
| 44/02/01 | 44/02/02 | train with PTs off Rendova Is. | 66 | ||
| 44/02/02 | 44/02/04 | escort LC& cargo ships convoy from Trasuries to Cape Torokina | 66 | ||
| 44/02/05 | 44/02/07? | escort AOG-1 Patapsco from Cape Torokina to Port Purvis, Tulagi | 66 | ||
| 44/02/07? | 44/02/11 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 66 | ||
| 44/02/11 | 44/02/2? | 31/DesDiv90 | land Green Islands | 66 | |
| 44/02/17 | 44/02/20 | 31 | escort reinforcement convoy from Kukum, Guadalcanal to Green Is. | 66 | |
| 44/02/20 | 44/02/21 | sail from Green Islands to Port Purvis, Tulagi | 66 | ||
| 44/02/23 | 44/03/0? | 31/DesRon45/DesDiv90 | shell Rabaul, Kavieng, antishipping sweep in St. George Channel | 66 85 127 | |
| 44/02/27? | 44/03/17 | Purvis Bay, Tulagi - escort convoys to Green Islands, Cape Torokina | 66 | ||
| 44/03/17 | 44/04/1? | 39 | land Emirau | 66 | |
| 44/04/1? | 44/05 | Sydney - rest period | 66 | ||
| 44/05/10 | 44/06/02 | DesDiv90/DF (from 05/31) | Efate - exercises with BatDiv3 | 66 | |
| 44/06/02 | 44/06/1? | Forage | 53.14/DesDiv90/DF | 66 | |
| 44/06/1? | 44/06/19? | Forage | 52.10/FSU6/DesRon45/DesDiv90/DF | 25 127 | |
| 44/06/17 | 44/07/07 | Forage | 58.3 | xPhilip | 81 |
| 44/06/27 | 44/07/07 | Forage | 52.17.8/DesRon45/DesDiv90 | 127 | |
| 44/07/07 | 44/07/12 | Forage | 52.10.8/DesDiv90/DF | 66 | |
| 44/07/12 | 44/07/15 | Forage | 52.11.2 | 66 | |
| 44/07/15 | 44/07/17 | Forage | Eniwetok | 66 127 | |
| 44/07/17 | 44/08/10 | Forage | 53.2.1/DesDiv90 | escort troopships from Eniwetok to Guam | 66 81 |
| 44/07/19? | 44/08/02 | Forage | 53.2.1/DesDiv90 | land Guam - FS, RP duty | 66 |
| 44/08/02 | 44/08/06 | Forage | 53.2.1/DesDiv90 | FDS off Agana beach, Guam | 66 |
| 44/08/06 | 44/08/10 | Forage | 53.2.1/DesDiv90 | off Guam | 66 |
| 44/08/10 | 44/08/13 | Forage | 53.15.10/DesROn45/DesDiv90 | sail from Guam to Eniwetok | 66 127 |
| 44/08/13 | 44/08/20 | escort merchants from Marshalls to P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/08/20 | 44/09/15 | P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/09/15 | 44/09/25 | escort Natoma Bay, Manila Bay from P.H. to Eniwetok | 66 | ||
| 44/10/0? | 44/10/25 | sail from Eniwetok to Ulithi > P.H. > Mare Island | 66 | ||
| 44/10/25 | 44/12/06 | MINY - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 44/12/06 | 44/12/19? | San Diego - training | 66 | ||
| 44/12/19? | 44/12/29 | escort convoy from San Francisco to P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/12/29 | 45/01/0? | P.H. - local duty | 66 | ||
| 45/01/0? | 45/01/16 | sail from P.H. to Palau | 66 | ||
| 45/01/16 | 45/01/25 | Palaus - serve as tender for 4 AMs, 2 SCs | 66 | ||
| 45/01/2? | 45/03/09 | Detach | 51.1 | 66 | |
| 45/01/25 | 45/01/2? | sail from Palau to Ulithi | 66 | ||
| 45/03/09 | 45/03/27 | San Pedro Bay, Leyte - bombardement and FS duty | 66 | ||
| 45/03/27 | 45/04/17 | Iceber | 55.6 | Okinawa - FS duty | 66 |
| 45/04/17 | 45/06/24 | Iceber | Okinawa - RP duty | 66 | |
| 45/04/22 | Iceber | damage(kami) 50 nm W of Kerama Retto (26-10N, 126-24E) | 85 | ||
| 45/04/28 | Iceber | damage(kami) 62 nm NW of Zampa-misaki, Okinawa (26-47N, 126-38E) | 85 | ||
| 45/05/02 | 45/05/04 | Iceber | RP patrol with Drexler | 81 | |
| 45/06/24 | 45/06/27 | sail from Okinawa to Leyte | 66 | ||
| 45/06/27 | 45/07/13 | San Pedro Bay, Leyte | 66 | ||
| 45/07/13 | 45/07/27 | East China Sea - antishipping sweep | 66 | ||
| 45/07/29 | 45/08/0? | Okinawa | 66 | ||
| 45/08/0? | 45/08/1? | East China Sea - antishipping sweep | 66 | ||
| 59 | sold to Greece > Kimon | ||||