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DD-596 Shields
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Fletcher | 1943/08/10 Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton | 1944/09/25 | 1945/02/08 | 1972/07/01
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| Namesake: Purser Shields | |||||
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| Camouflage: 44: Ms 22 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 45/03/07 | 45/04/18 | shakedown cruise | 66 | ||
| 45/05/06 | 45/05/24 | sail from Puget Sound to P.H., then escort convoy PD-413-T to Eniwetok | 66 | ||
| 45/05/24 | 45/08/15 | escort and patrol duty - Eniwetok, Ulithi, Leyte, Okinawa, Borneo | 66 | ||
| 45/06/06 | 45/06/10 | escort (with William C. Cole and George E. Davis) convoy from Ulithi to Leyte | 66 | ||
| 45/06/26 | shell Miri, Borneo | 66 | |||
| 45/08/15 | Buckner Bay, Okinawa | 66 | |||
| 72/07/01 | sold to Brasilia > Maranhao | 66 | |||