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DD-602 Meade
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Bristol 1941/03/25
Bethlehem Steel Co., Staten Is., N.Y.
1942/02/15 1942/06/22 1971
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Namesake: RAdm Richard Worsam Meade (*1837/10/08, +1897/05/04) - CO Louisville 1862, CO North Atlantic Squadron 1894
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 12/Mod, 43: Ms 21, 44: Ms 32/??


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
42/08/28       joinPac  
42/08/28 42/09/14     escort Washington from Panama to Tongatabu   66 
42/11/13 42/11/14     off Guadalcanal screen AG Kopara, YT-130   66 
42/11/15       shell Guadalcanal coast  
42/11/15       lifeguard from Preston, Walke after xGuad   66 
42/11/18       search for Jumeau survivors   66 
42/11/22 42/12/18     escort AT-64 Navajo during salvage operations   66 
42/12/2? 43/01/0?     escort damaged Portland to Sydney, then Minneapolis to New Hebrides   66 
43/01/29 43/01/30   18 xRennel  
43/02/14 43/02/19     Efate   81 
43/03/10 43/03/15     Efate   88 
43/03/18 43/04/15     sail form Solomons to Aleutians   66 
43/04/15 43/08     Aleutians   66 
43/05/11 43/06/02 Landcr 51.1 land Attu   81 
43/08/02     16.6 shell Kiska   85 
43/08/12     16.6.1 shell Kiska   85 
43/09?? 43/10??     PSNY - overhaul   66 
43/10/1? 43/10/29     sail from Puget Sound to Wellington, New Zaeland   66 
43/11/13 43/12/07 Galvan 53.4.2    
43/11/22   Galvan 53.4.2 sinking/share(Frazier) I-35 (01-25' N., 174-40' E.)   70 
43/12/07 44/01/22     P.H. - training   66 
44/01/22 44/02/18 Flint 52.8.2    
44/02/18 44/02/24     sail from Majuro to P.H.   66 
44/03/02? 44/03/08     sail from P.H. to Majuro   66 
44/03/18     50.10 shell Mili Atoll   66 
44/03/22 44/04/06 Desec1 58     66 
44/04/13 44/05/0? Reckle 58     66 
44/05/12 45/07/10     Majuro area - call fire, FS, blockade - against Wotje, Mili, Maloelap   66 
44/05/17       shell (with Frazier) Eniben Is, Maloelap Atoll   85 
44/07/11 44/07/28     sail form Majuro to P.H. > Mare Island   66 
44/07/28 44/09/1?     MINY - overhaul   66 
44/09/20 44/12/01     P.H. - training duty for Pacific Fleet Torpedo & Gunnery School   66 
44/12/01 44/12/09     escort Wisconsin from P.H. to Ulithi   66 
44/12/15 44/12/19     escort 2 merchants from Ulith to Marshalls   66 
44/12/25 45/01/16     2 escort runs between Eniwetok and Guam   66 
45/01/21 45/01/28     sail from Marshalls to Ulithi > Leyte   66 
45/02/08 45/02/13   DesDiv27 escort LSTs and merchants from Leyte to Mindoro > Subic Bay > Lingayen   66 
45/02/13 45/05     Lingayen Gulf - ASW, AA patrol duty   66 
45/05/05 45/05/08     San Pedro Bay, Leyte   66 
45/05/08 45/05/17   78.3 land Macalajar Bay, Mindanao   66 
45/05/20 45/07/09     esocrt runs from Leyte to S Philippines   66 
45/08/1? 45/08/31     Subic Bay, Luzon   66 
45/08/31 45/09/09     sail from Subic Bay to Okinawa and back   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 9 Battle Stars I-35 (share)
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