file created: 12/07/02 00:25:01 , last update: 07/25/02
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DD-552 Evans
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher . .
Gulf Shipbuilding Co., Chickasaw, Ala.
1942/10/04 1943/12/11 1947/02/11
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Namesake: Ens. Harold Robinson Evans - pil. VT-8 MIA 42/06/04 or RAdm Evans
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 21, 43: Ms 31/7d, 44: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/03/02       joinPac - Panama Canal   81 
44/03/02 44/03/16   12.3 sail Panama Canal > P.H.   81 
44/03/16 44/03/23     P.H. - tender availability, gunnery practice, power trials   81 
44/03/23 44/04/05   16.16.3     81 
44/04/06 44/05/12   57.8 ASW patrols off Jaluit, Wotje, Maloelap, Mille   81 
44/05/13 44/05/18     sail Majuro > P.H.   81 
44/05/18 44/06/03     P.H. - upkeep, training   81 
44/06/03 44/06/11 Forage 16.6.7 or 16.7.10     81 
44/06/11 44/06/27 Forage 50.17     81 
44/06/27 44/06/29 Forage   escort AOs to Eniwetok   81 
44/06/29 44/07/06 Forage   Eniwetok   81 
44/07/06 44/07/11 Forage   escort AOs from Eniwetok to Marianas   81 
44/07/11 44/07/28 Forage 50.17     81 
44/07/28 44/08/03 Forage   Eniwetok   81 
44/08/03 44/08/06 Forage   escort AOs from Eniwetok to Marianas   81 
44/08/06 44/08/11 Forage 50.16     81 
44/08/06 44/08/11     Eniwetok   88 
44/08/11 44/08/14     sail Marianas > Eniwetok   81 
44/08/14 44/08/29     Eniwetok   81 
44/08/29 44/09/11 Stale2 30.18     81 
44/09/11 44/09/12     carry intelligence photos to ComAirFor5   81 
44/09/12 44/09/14     sail back to Manus   81 
44/10/19 44/12 King2 30.8     81 
44/10/28 44/10/30 King2 30.8.3     81 
44/11/27       Ulithi   125 
44/12/30 45/01/06   94.6.2 ASW patrol E of Ulithi   81 
45/01/11 45/01/13   94 ASW patrol off Yap - shell Yap   81  85 
45/01/2? 45/02/16     special communication duties for CinC5thFlt   81 
45/02/13 45/02/16     sail Ulithi to transmitt special messages, then sail to Saipan   81 
45/02/16 45/02/22? Detach 52.11    
45/02/22? 45/03/08 Detach 52.2.1     81 
45/03/08 45/03/21     Ulithi   81 
45/03/21 45/05/02 Iceber 52.1.2     70 
45/05/02 45/05/06 Iceber 52.1.2 Kerama Retto - refuel, upkeep   81 
45/05/10 45/05/11 Iceber   Okinawa/RP15   66 
45/05/11   Iceber   disable(kami-4) Okinawa/RP15 (26-58N, 127-32E) - 32 KIA, 27 WIA   66  85 
45/05/14       towed to Kerama Retto   81 
45/05/28 45/06/07     Kerama Retto - drydock ARD-27 - emergency repairs   81 
45/06/07 45/06/18     Kerama Retto - emergency repairs by ASR-4 Vestal   81 
45/06/19 45/06/25     towed to Saipan by ATF-98 Arikara with Braine, Waters   81 
45/06/29 45/07/12     towed Saipan > P.H.   81 
45/07/12 45/07/16     P.H.   81 
45/07/16 45/07/27     towed P.H. . Mare Island   81 
45/07/27 45/08/17     MINY - repairs, overhaul   81 
45/08/17 45/09/10     Mare Island   81 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 5 Battle Stars, PUC (Iceberg RP duty), 26 shot down planes
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