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DD-534 McCord
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher 1942/03/17
Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, Cal. 		1943/01/10 1943/08/19 1972
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Namesake: Cdr Frank C. McCord, naval aviator
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 21, 43: Ms 31/23d, 44: Ms 21


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/12/14     DesRon47/SF     66 
43/12/29       P.H.   88 
44/02   Flint   shell Parry Is  
44/03/15? 44/04/2?   39/DesRon47/DesDiv93 land Emirau   66  104 
44/04/2? 44/05/01     Purvis Bay, Tulagi   66 
44/05/01 44/05/0?     escort AOs to refueling positions in Solomons   66 
44/05/26 44/06/01?   30.4/DesDiv93 HKG   70  104 
44/05/30     30.4/DesDiv93 HKG: sinking/share RO-105 NNW of Kavieng (00-47' N., 149-56' E.)   70  66 
44/06/11       shell tank farm on Fangelewa Bay, New Ireland   66 
44/06/26       Eniwetok   88 
44/07/23 44/08 Forage 53 land Tinian   66 
44/08/23 44/08/28     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
44/09/15 44/10/04 Stale2 32.7.1/DesRon47/DesDiv93 land Palau   70  104 
44/10/10 44/11/03 King2 77.4.1     70 
44/10/25   King2 77.4.1 xSamar   70 
44/11/03 44/11/1?     Manus   66 
44/11/16 44/12 King2 77     66 
44/12/06 44/12/24 Love3 38 land Mindoro   66 
44/12/30 45/01/25 Mike1 38     66 
45/02/10 45/03/04 Detach 58.4.3/DesRon47/DesDiv93     66 
45/03/14 45/05/28 Iceber 58.4/DesRon47/DesDiv93     104 
45/04/18   Iceber 58.4/DesRon47/DesDiv93 sinking/share I-56 150 nm E of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (26-42N, 130-38E)   66  85 
45/05/12 45/05/27 Iceber 58.4/DesRon47/DesDiv93 escort South Dakota to Guam and back to Okinawa   66 
45/05/28 45/06/13 Iceber 38.4     66 
45/06/17 45/07/08     sail from Leyte to Puget Sound   66 
45/07/08 45/09/07     PSNY - overhaul   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): RO-105, I-56
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