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DD-595 Metcalf
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher 1943/08/10
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton
1944/09/25 1944/11/18 1971
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Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 43: Ms 32/11d, 44: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
45/02/19 45/03/16     sail from Bremerton to P.H. > Ulithi   66 
45/03/16 45/03/21     Ulithi   66 
45/03/21 45/04/20 Iceber 52.1.3     70 
45/04/20 45/04/30     sail from Okinawa to Guam > Leyte   66 
45/05 45/06     Philippines - convoy duty   66 
45/06/0? 45/06/20? Oboe2 74.1 land Brunei Bay, Borneo   66  108 
45/06/22   Oboe2 74.1 departed Brunei Bay for Tawi Tawi   108 
45/08/04 45/08/16     escort convoys from Okinawa toPhilippines   66 
45/08/1? 45/08/16     escort convoy 10R-204 from Leyte to Okinawa   66 
45/08/16 45/0908     Okinawa   66 

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