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DD-555 Haggard
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher . .
Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Wash.
1943/02/09 1943/08/31 1946
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Namesake:
TTD differences from class:43/09: Ms 21
Camouflage: 42-44: Ms 21


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/11/24 43/11/30     sail from Seattle to P.H.   66 
43/11/30 44/01/22     P.H. - tactical exercises   66 
44/01/22 44/03/07 Flint 52.7.2/UF    
44/02/01   Flint 52.7.2/UF damaged by accidental explosion off NW end of Kwajalein (09-00N, 167-00E)   85 
44/02/19   Flint ParryIs/FSG    
44/03/07     3rd Flt Esp. Santo   66 
44/03/08 44/05     Solomons - patrol, convoy, escort duty   66 
44/03/23       shell Mussau Is., Bismarck Islands   85 
44/03/28     DesDiv94 shell Kapingamarangi Atoll, north of New Ireland   85 
44/05/09       sceen minelaying operations off Buka, Bougainville   66 
44/05/16 44/05/17   DesDiv94 sinking/share(Franks) I-176 150 nm N of Cape Alexander, Solomons (04-01S, 156-29E)   66  85 
44/05/21       Eniwetok   66 
44/07/08 44/08/24 Forage 53.5 land Guam   66 
44/07/21 44/08 Forage 53.1 land Guam   81 
44/08/24 44/09/04     sail from Guam to Esp. Santo   66 
44/08/29 44/09/04     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
44/09/04 44/10/04 Stale2 32.7.2/DesRon47/DesDiv94 land Palau   70 
44/10/04 44/11/25 King2 77.4.2    
44/10/25   King2 77.4.2 xSamar  
44/11/25 44/12/10     Ulithi   66 
44/12/11 44/12/24 Love3 38 land Mindoro   66 
44/12/30 45/01/25 Mike1 38     66 
45/02/10 45/03/04 Detach 58.4.3/DesRon47/DesDiv94     66  104 
45/03/14 45/04/29 Iceber 58.4/DesRon47/DesDiv94     66 
45/03/23   Iceber 58.4/DesRon47/DesDiv94 sinking RO-41 (taran) >damaged SE of Okinawa (22-57N, 132-19E)   66  85 
45/03/25 45/04/21     Ulithi - repairs  
45/04/21 45/04/24     sail Ulithi > Okinawa area to join TF 58   66 
45/04/29   Iceber 58.4/DesRon47/DesDiv94 disable(kami) (27-01N, 129-40E) - 11 KIA, 40 WIA   66  86 
45/04/29 45/05/01     towed by Walker to Kerama Retto   66 
45/05/01 45/06/18     Kerama Retto - repairs   66 
45/06/18 45/07/12     sail from Kerama Retto to Saipan > Guam > P.H.   66 
45/07/1? 45/08/0?     sail from P.H. to Panama   66 
45/08/0?       leftPac - Panama Canal (en route to Norfolk for repairs)   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 3 Battle Stars
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