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DD-559 Longshaw
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Fletcher | 1942/06/16 Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Wash. | 1943/06/04 | 1943/12/14 | 1945/05/18
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| Namesake: Ass Surgeon William Longshaw, USN, *1839, KIA 1965/01/15 while dressing the wounds of a Marine during the attack on Fort Fisher, North Carolina. | |||||
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| Camouflage: 43: Ms 32/21d | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/02/18 | 44/03/04 | sail from San Francisco to P.H. > Kwajalein | 66 | ||
| 44/03/04 | 44/03/15 | Kwajalein | 66 | ||
| 44/03/15 | 44/03/16? | sail from Kwajalein to Majuro | 66 | ||
| 44/03/16? | 44/03/21 | Wotje, Maloelap - patrol | 66 | ||
| 44/03/22 | 44/04/05 | Desec1 | 50.17/DesRon55/DesDiv110 | 66 | |
| 44/04/11 | 44/05/09 | Reckle | 50.17/DesRon55/DesDiv110 | 66 | |
| 44/05/09 | 44/05/30 | P.H. - repairs, training | 66 | ||
| 44/05/29 | 44/08/22 | Forage | 52.14.2 | 25 70 | |
| 44/07/16 | damaged(submerged reef) at Eniwetok | 85 | |||
| 44/08/22 | 44/08/28 | Eniwetok | 66 | ||
| 44/08/28 | 44/10/23 | King2 | 38.3.3/DesRon55/DesDiv110 | 81 | |
| 44/10/23 | 44/11 | King2 | 38.4.3/DesRon55/DesDiv110 | 104 | |
| 44/10/24 | 44/10/26 | King2 | 38.4.3/DesRon55/DesDiv110 | xLeyte | 81 |
| 44/12/11 | 44/12/24 | Love3 | 38.3/DesRon55/DesDiv110 | land Mindoro | 66 |
| 44/12/30 | 45/01/25 | Mike1 | 38/DesRon55/DesDiv110 | 66 | |
| 45/02/10 | 45/02/21 | Detach | 58.5 | 66 | |
| 45/02/21 | 45/02/23 | Detach | 58.2 | 106 | |
| 45/02/23 | 45/03/12 | Detach | 58.5 | 106 | |
| 45/03/21 | Iceber | 54 | 66 | ||
| 45/04/07 | Iceber | 54.1/FSU1/DesRon55/DesDiv110 | damage(kami) 3 nm NW of Zampa Misaki, Okinawa (26-29N, 127-41E) | 85 | |
| 45/04/17 | Iceber | 54.1/FSU1/DesRon55/DesDiv110 | Kerama Retto - load ammunition | ||
| 45/05/18 | Iceber | 54.1/FSU1/DesRon55/DesDiv110 | disabled(coastal battery) off Okinawa - 86 KIA | 66 | |
| 45/05/18 | 54.1/FSU1/DesRon55/DesDiv110 | scuttled by Heywood L. Edwards and Picking 4 nm WSW of Naha, Okinawa (26-11N, 127-37E) | 66 85 | ||