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DD-577 Sproston
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher 1942/04/01
Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Tex.
1942/08/31 1943/05/19 1968/10/10
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Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 22, 43: Ms 21 / Ms 32/13d, 44: Ms 21LE>

WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/11/04       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
43/11/04 43/11/15     sail form Panama Canal to San Francisco > P.H.   66 
43/11/15 43/11/26     P.H.   66 
43/11/26 43/12/01     sail from P.H. to Adak   66 
43/12/01 44/08/08   94/DesRon49     66 
44/03/01 44/03/05   94.6/DesRon49 raid Suribachi Wan and Kurabi Saki, Paramushiru   66 
44/03/04     94.6/DesRon49 damaged by heavy weather in Kuriles   85 
44/06/10 44/06/28   94/DesRon49 shell Kuriles   66 
44/08/08 44/08/1?     sail from Adak to San Francisco   66 
44/08/1? 44/08/2?     San Francisco - overhaul   66 
44/08/2? 44/09     sail from San Francisco to P.H. > Eniwetok > Manus   66 
44/10/1? 44/11/2? King2 79.11.2     66 
44/10/25   King2 77.4.3 attached to TU   70 
44/12/30 45/02/18 Mike1 77.2/DesRon49     66  105 
45/01/26 45/01/39 Mike7 78.3 land Zambales   66 
45/01/29   Mike1 77? entered Subic Bay - 1st USN ship after 3 years   66 
45/02/13 45/02/ Mike1 77?? land Corregidor and Mariveles Harbor   66 
45/02/18 45/02/25     sail from Luzon to Guam   66 
45/02/25 45/03/01     Apra Harbor, Guam   66 
45/03/01 45/03/0?     sail from Guam to Milne Bay, New Guinea   66 
45/03/13 45/03/21     Leyte Gulf   66 
45/03/21 45/03/24?     sail from Leyte to Okinawa   66 
45/03/26 45/06/28 Iceber   Okinawa - RP duty   66 
45/04/02   Iceber   call fire off Makiminato Saki   66 
45/04/04   Iceber   damage(near-miss by bomb) 12 nm WNW of Zampa Misaki, Okinawa (26-30N, 127-30E)   85 
45/04/1? 45/04/2?     detached to Guam for main computer repairs   66 
45/06/28       betw Saipan and Eniwetok en route for overhaul - attacked by SS   66 
45/06/28       assist AKS-3 Antares attacked by kaitens from I-36 400 nm NNE of Truk (13-10N, 154-57E)   85 
45/06/29       damaging I-36 375 nm NNE of Truk (12-50N, 154-50E)   66  85 
45/07/08 45/07/14     sail from P.H. to Mare Island   66 
45/07/14 45/10     MINY - overhaul   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1950-1962 DDE-577, 1968/10/10 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 5 Battle Stars
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