DD-540 Twining
United States Navy destroyer
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Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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Fletcher | 1942/11/20 Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, Cal. | 1943/07/11 | 1943/12/01 | 1971/08/16
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Camouflage: 43: Ms 32/21d, 44: Ms 21 / Ms 22 |
WW II combat actions:
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From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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43/12/01 | 43/12/21 |   |   | San Francisco |   66  |
43/12/21 | 43/12/25 |   |   | shakedown from San Francisco to San Diego |   66  |
43/12/25 | 44/02/11 |   |   | San Diego |   66  |
44/02/11 | 44/02/17 |   |   | sail from San Diego to P.H. |   66  |
44/02/17 | 44/05/31 |   |   | P.H. - exercises |   66  |
44/04/10 | 44/04/11 |   | 15 | exercises out of P.H. |   125  |
44/04/14 | 44/04/15 |   |   | exercises out of P.H. |   125  |
44/04/16 | 44/04/18 |   | 19.1 | exercises out of P.H. |   125  |
44/05/31 | 44/06/17 | Forage | 52.17.5/DesRon53/DesDiv106 |   |   |
44/06/17 | 44/06/23 | Forage | 58.7/DesDiv106 | xPhilip |   81  |
44/06/23 | 44/06/24? |   |   | escort AO Cahaba from refueling station back to Marianas |   66  |
44/06/25 | 44/08/07 | Forage | 52.17/FSU5 |   |   |
44/08/07 | 44/08/14 |   |   | escort LST-130 from Saipan to Eniwetok |   66  |
44/08/28 | 44/11/18 | King2 | 38.2.3/DesRon53/DesDiv106 |   |   81  105  |
44/10/24 | 44/10/26 | King2 | 38.2.3/DesRon53/DesDiv106 | xLeyte |   81  |
44/11/18 | 44/11/2? | King2 | 38.4.3/DesRon53/DesDiv106 |   |   105  |
44/12/11 | 44/12/24 | Love3 | 38.1/DesRon53/DesDiv106 | land Mindoro |   66  |
44/12/30 | 45/01/25 | Mike1 | 38.1.3/DesRon53/DesDiv106 |   |   66  |
45/02/10 | 45/03/04 | Detach | 58.2.3/DesRon53/DesDiv106 |   |   66  |
45/02/21 | 45/02/22 | Detach | 54.1.18/DesDiv106 |   |   125  |
45/02/22 | 45/02/23 | Detach | 58.12/DesDiv106 |   |   125  |
45/03/14 | 45/03/20 | Iceber | 58.2/DesRon53/DesDiv106 |   |   66  104  |
45/03/20 | 45/03/22 | Iceber | 58.2.9 |   |   66  |
45/03/27 | 45/04/2? | Iceber | 58.4/DesRon53/DesDiv106 |   |   66  |
45/03/27 |   | Iceber | 58.4/DesRon53/DesDiv106 | assist damaged Murray |   |
45/04/2? | 45/05/04 |   |   | Ulithi |   66  |
45/05/04 | 45/05/28 | Iceber | 58.1/DesRon53/DesDiv106 |   |   66  |
45/05/28 | 45/06/10 | Iceber | 38.1 |   |   66  |
45/06/26 | 45/06/30 |   |   | Leyte - screen Yorktown II while training new CVG-88 |   66  |
45/07/01 | 45/09 |   | 38.4/DesRon53/DesDiv106 | raid Home Island |   66  104  |
45/07/24 | 45/07/25 |   | 35.3/DesRon53/DesDiv106 |   |   |
45/08/2? |   |   |   | Yokosuka occupation |   66  |
45/09/02 |   |   |   | Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony |   81  |