file created: 12/07/02 01:04:33 , last update: 12/19/00
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DD-566 Stoddard
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher 1943/03/10
Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp., Seattle, Wash.
1943/11/19 1944/04/15 1975
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Namesake: James Stoddard, (*cca 1838), Civil War hero
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 43: Ms 32/16d


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/07/16 44/07/29     escort convoy from Seattle to P.H.   66 
44/07/29 44/08/01     P.H.   66 
44/08/02 44/08/08   DesRon57/DesDiv113 sail from P.H. to Adak   66 
44/08/08 44/08/2?   94/DesRon57/DesDiv113    
44/08/2? 45/01/16   92/DesRon57/DesDiv113     66 
45/01/16 45/01/22     sail from Dutch Harbor to P.H.   66 
45/01/22 45/02/07     P.H. - training   66 
45/02/07 45/02/13     sail from P.H. to Attu   66 
45/02/13 45/04/18   92/DesRon57/DesDiv113    
45/04/18 45/04/24   DesDiv113 sail from Adak to P.H.   66 
45/04/24 45/05/11     P.H.   66 
45/05/11 45/05/22   DesDiv113 escort Ticonderoga P.H > Ulithi   81 
45/05/17     DesDiv113 raid Taroa, Maloelap Atoll   66 
45/05/22 45/05/29     Ulithi   66 
45/05/29 45/06/02     escort convoy from Ulithi to Olinawa   66 
45/06/02 45/06/17 Iceber   Okinawa - RP duty   66 
45/06/17 45/06/20     escort Mississippi from Okinawa to San Pedro Bay, Leyte   66 
45/07/01 45/09   38.4/DesRon57/DesDiv113 raid Home Is.   66  104 
45/07/23     DesDiv113 shell Cicijima   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 3 Battle Stars
Notice: nickname "The Steaming Demon"