DD-526 Abner Read
United States Navy destroyer
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Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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Fletcher | 1941/10/30 Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, Cal. | 1942/08/18 | 1943/02/05 | 1944/11/01
sunk | |
Namesake: Abner Read *1821/04/05 | |||||
TTD differences from class: | |||||
Camouflage: 42: Ms 21 |
WW II combat actions:
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From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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43/03/17 | 43/03/27 |   |   | practice landing at San Clemente Is to prepare Attu landing |   85  |
43/05 | 43/05/2? | Landcr | 51.2 | land Attu |   66  81  |
43/05/2? | 45/05/31 |   |   | sail from Attu to San Diego |   66  |
43/05/31 | 43/06/14 |   |   | San Diego - drydock |   66  |
43/06/14 | 43/06/2? |   |   | sail from San Diego to Aleutians |   66  |
43/06/2? |   |   | 16 | Aleutians |   66  |
43/07/22 |   |   | 16.12 | shell Kiska |   85  |
43/08/10 | 43/08/18 | Cotta | 16.17 |   |   85  |
43/08/18 |   | Cotta | 16.17 | ASW: damage(mine) off Conquer Point, Kiska-70 KIA/MIA, 47 WIA (52-01N, 177-26E) |   66  85  |
43/08/18 | 43/08/20? |   |   | towed (AT-76 Ute) from Kiska to Adak |   66  |
43/08/2? | 43/09/2? |   |   | repairs at various Alaskan ports |   66  |
43/09/2? | 43/10/07 |   |   | towed (AT-136 Oriole) from Alaska to Puget Sounds |   66  |
43/10/07 | 43/12/21 |   |   | PSNY - repairs |   66  |
43/12/21 | 44/02 |   |   | west coast - training, trials |   66  |
44/02 |   |   |   | P.H. |   66  |
44/02/03 | 44/02/03 |   |   | MINY |   88  |
44/02/28 |   |   |   | damage(grounding) off New Gunea - (08-44S, 148-27E) |   66  |
44/03/01 | 44/03/2? |   |   | Milne Bay - propeller repairs |   66  |
44/04/18 | 44/04/30 | Reckle | 75 | land Hollandia |   66  |
44/05/12 |   |   |   | shell Wewak |   66  |
44/05/15 | 44/05/25 | Straig | 75 | land Wakde |   66  81  |
44/05/25 |   | Horlie | 77.5 | land Biak |   66  |
44/07/02 |   | Table | 75 | land Noemfoor Is. |   66  81  |
44/07/2? | 44/08/08 |   |   | Seeadler Harbor, Manus - tender availability |   66  |
44/08/08 | 44/08/2? |   |   | sail from Manus to Sydney and back |   66  |
44/08/2? | 44/09/01 |   |   | sail from Sydney to Milne Bay (08/30), after refueling continued to Manus |   108  |
44/09/0? | 44/09/2? | Trade | 77 | land Morotai |   66  |
44/10/07 |   |   |   | shell Ponam Is., Admiralties |   66  |
44/10/17 | 44/11/01 | King2 | 77.1 |   |   |
44/11/01 |   |   | 77.1 | sunk(kami - D3A) - 22 nm SE of Dulag, Leyte (10-47N, 125-22E) - 22 KIA |   85  |