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DD-517 Walker
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Fletcher | 1942/08/31 Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine | 1943/01/31 | 1943/04/03 | 1969
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| Namesake: RAdm John Grimes Walker, USN (*1835/03/20, +1907), civil war hero, chief of Walker Commission investigating route of future Panama Canal | |||||
| TTD differences from class: | |||||
| Camouflage: 42: Ms 21, 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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| 43/11/01 | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | |||
| 43/11/2? | 43/12 | Galvan | land Tarawa | 66 | |
| 44/01/29 | 44/02/08 | Flint | 50.15/DesRon48/DesDiv95 | land Kwajalein | 66 |
| 44/02/01 | Flint | 50.15/DesRon48/DesDiv95 | sinking RO-39 off Wotje - (09-24N, 170-32E) | ||
| 44/04 | 44/05 | Persec | 78.2/DesRon48/DesDiv95 | 70 | |
| 44/06/12 | 44/08 | Forage | 53.7/DesRon48/DesDiv95 | 70 | |
| 44/08 | 44/09 | P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/08/10 | 44/08/11 | Eniwetok | 88 | ||
| 44/10 | 44/10/20 | King2 | 78? | escort transports to Leyte | 66 |
| 44/10/2? | 44/11/0? | King2 | convoy run to from Morotai to Leyte | 66 | |
| 44/10/22? | 44/10/2? | King2 | 78? | escort unloaded transports to Morotai | 66 |
| 44/12/24 | 45/02 | MINY - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 45/03/14 | 45/05/28 | Iceber | 58.3/DesRon48/DesDiv95 | 66 104 | |
| 45/04/29 | 45/05/01 | tow disabled Haggard to Kerama Retto | 66 | ||
| 45/05/28 | 45/06/14 | Iceber | 38.3 | ||
| 45/07/01 | 45/08 | 38.3/DesRon48/DesDiv95 | raid Home Is. | 66 104 | |
| 45/07/18 | 35.4 | shell Nodzima Cap, Honshu Is. | 66 85 | ||