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DD-520 Isherwood
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher . .
Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Is., N.Y.
1942/11/24 1943/04/12 1961/10/08
sold
Namesake: RAdm Isherwod
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 21, 43: Ms 31/16d, 44: Ms 21 / Ms 22LE>

WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/11/2?       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
43/11/2? 43/12/0?     sail from Panama to San Francisco > P.H.   66 
43/12/1? 44/08   94 Aleutians - ASW, FS duty   66 
43/12/11 43/12/18?     sail from P.H. to Aleutians   66 
43/12/29       P.H.   88 
44/03/01 44/03/05   94.6 shell Kuriles - Paramushiru   85 
44/03/04     94.6 damage(storm) off Attu raiding Kurils  
44/06/1? 44/06/28   94 shell Paramushiro, Macuwa   66 
44/08/15 44/08/26     San Francisco - repairs   66 
44/08/26 44/09/0?     sail from San Francisco to P.H.   66 
44/09/0? 44/09/2?     P.H.   66 
44/10/06       Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/10/1? 44/11 King2 77?     66 
44/11   King2   convoy duty from advanced bases to Leyte   66 
44/12/27 45/03/1? Mike1 79 land Lingayen Gulf   66 
45/02/0? 45/02/1?     escort reinforcement convoy from Hollandia to Leyte   85 
45/02/11       scuttled LST-577 disabled by RO-50   85 
45/03/21 45/04/0? Iceber 51.1     66  86 
45/04/03 45/04/16 Iceber   Okinawa - FS duty   66 
45/04/16   Iceber   helping damaged Pringle and Laffey off Ie Shima   66 
45/04/16 45/04/22 Iceber   Okinawa - RP duty   66 
45/04/22   Iceber   damage(kami) 18 nm SW of Zampa-misaki, Okinawa (26-14N, 127-28E) - 80 KIA/MIA//WIA   66 
45/04/22 45/05/06?     Kerama Retto - temporary repairs   66 
45/05/09 45/06/03     Ulithi - repairs   66 
45/06/03 45/06/2?     sail from Ulithi to San Francisco   66 
45/06/2? 45/08     San Francisco - repairs, overhaul   66 
61/10/08       sold to Peru > Guise  

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 5 Battle Stars
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