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DD-551 David W. Taylor
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Fletcher | . . Gulf Shipbuilding Co., Chickasaw, Ala. | 1943/07/04 | 1943/09/18 | 1957
sold | |
| Namesake: RAdm David W. Taylor | |||||
| TTD differences from class: | |||||
| Camouflage: 42-43: Ms 21, 43: Ms 32/??, 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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| 44/01/0? | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | |||
| 44/01/0? | 44/01/20 | escort troop convoy from Panama to P.H. (+Capps) | 66 | ||
| 44/01/20 | P.H. | 66 | |||
| 44/01/23 | 44/02/29 | escort convoy from P.H. to Marshalls and Gilberts, then back to P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/03/16 | 44/03/22 | escort Intrepid from P.H. to San Francisco | 66 | ||
| 44/03/22? | 44/03/28? | sail from San Francisco to P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/04 | 44/05/13 | Marshalls - patrol duty | 81 66 | ||
| 44/05/13 | 44/05/18 | sail Majuro > P.H. | 81 | ||
| 44/06/07 | 44/06/09 | P.H. | 88 | ||
| 44/06/15 | 44/08/04 | Forage | 50 | 66 | |
| 44/06/24 | Forage | 16.7.11 | 125 | ||
| 44/07/04 | Forage | 50 | sinking/share (Riddle) I-10 100 nm ENE of Saipan (15-26N, 147-48E) | 66 85 | |
| 44/08/10 | 44/08/11 | Eniwetok | 88 | ||
| 44/08/26 | 44/10/14 | Stale2 | 30.8 | 66 | |
| 44/09/02 | Stale2 | 30.8.? | refueled TG 38.2 | 125 | |
| 44/10/14 | 44/11/22 | King2 | 30.8 | 66 | |
| 44/11/22 | 44/11/27 | King2 | 38 | 66 | |
| 44/11/30 | 45/01/07 | 94 | Ulithi, Marianas - patrol and escort duty | 66 | |
| 44/12/29 | 45/01/07 | 94.9 | shell Cicijima | 66 | |
| 45/01/0? | 45/02/0? | sail from Saipan to P.H. | 66 105 | ||
| 45/01/05 | 94.9 | damage(mine) off Cicijima - 4 KIA (27-04N, 142-06E) | 66 | ||
| 45/02/07 | 45/02/13 | sail from P.H. to Hunters Point | 105 | ||
| 45/02/13 | 45/05/07 | HPNY - repairs | 66 | ||
| 45/05/15 | 45/06/18? | sail from San Diego to Marshalls | 66 | ||
| 45/06/18 | shell Emidj Is. (with Nevada and DD) Jaluit Atoll | 66 85 | |||
| 45/06/19? | 45/06/30 | sail from Marshalls to Okinawa | 66 | ||
| 45/06/30 | 45/09 | 32 | Okinawa - sweeps to China coast | 66 | |
| 57 | sold to Spain> Almirante Fernandez | ||||