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DD-563 Ross
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher 1942/09/07
Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Wash.
1943/09/10 1944/02/21 1974
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Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 43: Ms 32/6d, 44: Ms 21


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/05/05 44/05/11?     sail from San Francisco to P.H.   66  88 
44/05/11? 44/05/29     P.H.   66 
44/05/29 44/08/01 Forage 52.14.1     70  25 
44/08/01       Eniwetok   66 
44/08/06 44/08/11     Eniwetok   88 
44/08/18 44/08/22   57.5.5 sail from Eniwetok to Tulagi   88 
44/08/26 44/08/29     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
44/09/01 44/09/03   35/DesRon56 exercises off Guadalcanal   88 
44/09/06 44/09/20 Stale2 32.5 land Peleliu, Angaur   66 
44/09/20 44/09/24 Stale2 31 land Ulithi   66 
44/09/24 44/09/26     sail from Ulithi to Palau   66 
44/09/26 44/09/29   32 off Peleliu   66 
44/10/10 44/10/19 King2 77    
44/10/12 44/10/18 King2 77.6 land Dinagat   66 
44/10/18 44/10/19 King2 77.2.6     66 
44/10/19   King2 77.2.6 disable(mine-2) off Leyte - 3 KIA, 20 MIA, 9 WIA (10-17N, 125-40E)   66 
44/10/19 44/12/13     Leyte Gulf - repairs (ARD-19)   66 
44/12/13 44/12/2?     towed from Leyte to Humboldt Bay   66 
44/12/2? 45/02     Humboldt Bay - repairs   66 
45/02/ 45/03/02     sail from Humboldt Bay to Mare Island   66 
45/03/02 45/04     MINY - repairs   66 
45/06/2? 45/07     San Diego   66 
45/07/2? 45/08/14     sail from San Diego to Ulithi   66 
45/08/24 45/09/04   38.3 air-sea rescue duty between Okinawa and Japan   66  105 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 5 Battle Stars
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