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DD-544 Boyd
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Fletcher | 1942/04/02 Bethlehem Steel Co., San Pedro, Cal. | 1942/10/29 | 1943/05/08 | 1969/10/01
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| Namesake: Joseph Boyd 1804 - he took part in the expedition which burned Philadelphia following her capture by the Tripolitanians. Boyd later became a clerk. | |||||
| TTD differences from class:44/03: Ms 32 | |||||
| Camouflage: 42: Ms 21, 43: Ms 31/10d, 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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| 43/07/14 | 43/07/20? | sail from San Pedro, Cal. to P.H. | 66 | ||
| 43/07/20? | 43/08/25 | P.H. - training | 66 | ||
| 43/07/20? | 43/07/31 | sail from P.H. to Fiji (refuel) > Noumea | 81 | ||
| 43/08/01 | 43/08/08 | escort (with Halford and Converse) Indiana and Victorious from Noumea to P.H. | 81 | ||
| 43/08/25 | 43/09/14 | 11 | land Baker Is. | 66 | |
| 43/09/21 | 43/09/29 | P.H. - training with Essex, Yorktown II, Cowpens | 81 | ||
| 43/09/29 | 43/10/11 | 14/DesRon46/DesDiv92 | raid Wake Is. | 66 | |
| 43/10/11 | 43/11/02 | P.H. - training exercises | 81 | ||
| 43/10/21 | 43/12/08 | Galvan | 50.4/DesRon46/DesDiv92 | 66 104 | |
| 43/12/08 | 43/12/08 | Galvan | 50.8/DesRon46/DesDiv92 | damage(shore battery) shelling Nauru (12 KIA, 8 WIA) | 66 81 |
| 43/12/12 | 43/12/20 | Esp. Santo - temporary repairs (AD Dixie) | 88 81 | ||
| 43/12/20 | 43/12/28 | 34.5.1 | sail from Esp. Santo to Pago Pago > P.H. | 66 88 | |
| 43/12/28 | 43/12/29 | P.H. | 88 | ||
| 43/12/29 | 44/01/02 | sail from P.H. to Mare Island (with Denver) | 88 | ||
| 44/01/02 | 44/03/18 | MINY - repairs | 66 88 | ||
| 44/03/18 | 44/03/22 | sail from Mare Islands to P.H. (with Stephen Potter and Norman Scott) | 81 | ||
| 44/03/23 | 44/04/01 | P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/04/01 | 44/04/07 | 12.4 | sail from P.H. to Majuro | 81 | |
| 44/04/13 | 44/05/13 | Reckle | 58.1/DesRon46/DesDiv92/DF | 66 104 | |
| 44/04/30 | Reckle | 58.? | shell Satawan | 81 | |
| 44/05/01 | Reckle | 58.7 | shell Ponape | 81 | |
| 44/05/07 | 44/05/13 | escort (with 2 DD) Barnes and Petrof Bay from Majuro to P.H. | 81 | ||
| 44/06/01 | 44/08/1? | Forage | 58.1/DesRon46/DesDiv92 | 81 | |
| 44/06/15 | Forage | 58.1/DesRon46/DesDiv92 | sinking/share(Charrette) Tacutagawa Maru E of Ogasawara-shoto (25-02N, 144-37E) | 66 85 | |
| 44/06/19 | Forage | 58.1/DesRon46/DesDiv92 | xPhilip | 81 | |
| 44/06/20 | 44/06/22 | Forage | 58.1/DesRon46/DesDiv92 | detached to recower downed carrier aircrews | 81 |
| 44/07/06 | 44/07/06 | Forage | 58.1/DesRon46/DesDiv92 | detached for rescue patrol around Guam | 81 |
| 44/08/11 | arrived Eniwetok | 88 | |||
| 44/08/28 | 44/11/07 | King2 | 38.1.3/DesRon46/DesDiv92 | 81 104 | |
| 44/10/14 | King2 | 38.1.3/DesRon46/DesDiv92 | assist damaged Houston II | 110 | |
| 44/10/24 | 44/10/26 | King2 | 38.1.3/DesRon46/DesDiv92 | xSamar | 81 |
| 44/11/07 | 44/11/09 | King2 | 38.2 | sail back to Ulithi | 81 |
| 44/11/10 | 44/11/11 | Guam | 81 | ||
| 44/11/13 | 44/11/20 | King2 | 38.1.3/DesRon46/DesDiv92 | 81 | |
| 44/11/20 | 44/11/27 | King2 | 38.2 | ||
| 44/11/27 | 44/12/04 | Ulithi | 81 | ||
| 44/12/29 | 45/01/02 | sail from Guam to Eniwetok | 81 | ||
| 44/12/31 | 45/01/22 | convoy escort duty between Eniwetok, Guam, Saipan ASW exercises | 66 81 | ||
| 45/01/03 | 45/01/07 | escort convoy from Eniwetok to Guam | 81 | ||
| 45/01/15 | 45/01/18 | search for submarine off Rota Is. | 81 | ||
| 45/01/20 | 45/01/21 | sail from Guam to Saipan | 81 | ||
| 45/01/22 | 45/01/27 | 94.9 | shell Iwojima | 66 85 | |
| 45/01/27 | 45/02/06 | Ulithi | 81 | ||
| 45/02/04 | 45/02/06 | sail from Ulithi to Guam | 81 | ||
| 45/02/06 | 45/03/04 | Detach | 51.1.3 | 66 81 | |
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| 45/03/01 | Detach | 51.1.3 | assist damaged Terry off Iwojima | 81 | |
| 45/03/05 | 45/03/08 | sail from Saipan to Leyte | 81 | ||
| 45/03/09 | 45/05/11 | Iceber | 52.1.2 | 70 81 | |
| 45/05/11 | Iceber | 51.5 | Okinawa - RP duty | 66 | |
| 45/05/12 | 45/05/16 | Iceber | 51.5 | RP station off Tori Shima | 81 |
| 45/05/20 | Iceber | 51.5 | assist damaged Thatcher | 81 | |
| 45/05/25 | 45/05/28 | Iceber | 51.5 | Okinawa/RP15 | 66 81 |
| 45/05/28 | Iceber | 31.5 | Hagushi Anchorage, Okinawa | 81 | |
| 45/06/01 | 45/06/12 | Kerama Retto - availability | 81 | ||
| 45/06/12 | 45/06/17 | Iceber | 31.5 | Okinawa/RP5 | 81 |
| 45/06/17 | 45/06/18 | Iceber | 31.5 | Kerama Retto | 81 |
| 45/06/21 | 45/06/24 | Iceber | 31.5 | Okinawa/RP15 | 81 |
| 45/06/24 | 45/07/03 | Kerama Retto | 81 | ||
| 45/07/03 | 45/08/17 | Juneau | 32.15 | 81 | |
| 45/08/17 | 45/08/20 | escort St. Louis from Okinawa to Subic Bay | 81 | ||
| 45/08/21 | 45/08/25 | sail from Subic Bay to Okinawa | 81 | ||
| 45/08/26 | 45/09/07 | Buckner Bay, Okinawa | 81 | ||