DD-554 Franks
United States Navy destroyer
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Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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Fletcher | . . Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Wash. | 1942/12/07 | 1943/07/30 | 1973/08/27
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Namesake: Acting Master's Mate Franks, USN | |||||
TTD differences from class: | |||||
Camouflage: 42-44: Ms 21 |
WW II combat actions:
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From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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43/10/25 | 43/11/10 |   |   | P.H: |   66  |
43/11/10 | 43/12 | Galvan | 52.3 |   |   |
43/11/27 | 43/11/29 |   |   | sail from Betio to P.H. |   66  |
43/12 | 43/12/27 |   |   | Betio - patrol duty |   66  |
43/12/29 |   |   |   | P.H. |   88  |
44/01/22 | 44/02/07 | Flint | 52.7.2 |   |   |
44/02/18 | 44/03/04 |   |   | P.H. - replenish |   66  |
44/03/04 | 44/03/15 |   |   | sail from P.H. to Purvis Bay |   66  |
44/03/23 |   |   |   | shell Mussau Is., Bismarck Islands |   85  |
44/03/28 |   |   | DesDiv94 | shell Kapingamarangi Atoll, north of New Ireland |   85  |
44/05/17 |   |   | DesDiv94 | sinking/share (Haggard) I-176 150 nm N of Cape Alexander, Solomons (04-01S, 156-29E) |   85  |
44/07 | 44/08 | Forage | 53.2.1/DesDiv94 |   |   81  127  |
44/09/0? | 44/09/2? | Stale2 | 32 | land Palau Is. - screen & fighter-director duty |   66  |
44/09/04 |   |   |   | Port Purvis, Tulagi |   88  |
44/09/2? | 44/09/2? | Stale2 | 33 | land Ulithi |   66  |
44/09/2? | 44/10/01 |   |   | Manus |   66  |
44/10/10 | 44/11 | King2 | 77.4.2 |   |   |
44/10/25 |   | King2 | 77.4.2 | xSamar |   |
44/12/11 | 44/12/24 | Love3 | 38 | land Mindoro |   66  |
44/12/30 | 45/01/25 | Mike1 | 38/DesRon47/DesDiv94 |   |   66  |
45/02/10 | 45/03/04 | Detach | 58.4.3/DesRon47/DesDiv94 |   |   66  |
45/03/14 | 45/04/02 | Iceber | 58.4/DesRon47/DesDiv94 |   |   |
45/03/24 |   | Iceber | 58.7 | shell Okinawa |   66  |
45/04/0? | 45/04/13 |   |   | Ulithi - temporary repairs |   66  |
45/04/02 |   | Iceber | 58.4/DesRon47/DesDiv94 | damaged in collision with New Jersey 120 nm ESE of Nagasuku Bay, Okinawa (25-49N, 130-01E) |   85  |
45/04/13 | 45/05/ |   |   | sail from Ulithi to Puget Sounds |   66  |
45/05 | 45/07 |   |   | PSNY - repairs |   66  |
45/08/10 | 45/08/17 |   | 12.5.9 | sail from P.H. to Eniwetok |   66  125  |
45/09/03 |   |   | 38 | joined |   66  |