file created: 12/07/02 00:27:30 , last update: 10/08/01
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DD-608 Gansevoort
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Bristol 1941/06/16
Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, Cal.
1942/04/11 1942/08/25 1971
scrap
Namesake: Commo Gansevoort
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 22, 42-44: Ms 21, 45: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
42/10/11 42/10/14     with Worden escort Idaho from San Francisco to Puget Sound   66 
42/11/18 42/12/09     escort convoy from San Francisco to P.H. > Noumea   66 
42/12/1? 43/03/18     Guadalcanal reinforce - Noumea, Esp. Santo, Weiiligton, Auckland   66 
43/02/12       Noumea   81 
43/03/18 43/04/1?     sail from Esp. Santo to Adak   66 
43/03/18 43/03/19     Esp. Santo   88 
43/04/1? 43/08/24   16 Aleutians   66 
43/04/25 43/04/26   16.6 shell Attu   85 
43/05 43/06/02 Landcr 16.6 land Attu   85  81 
43/08/02     16.6 shell Kiska   85 
43/08/12     16.6.1 shell Kiska   85 
43/08/2? 43/09/28     PSNY - overhaul   66 
43/08/24 43/08/2?     sail from Adak to Puget Sound   66 
43/11 43/12/04 Galvan 53.4.2     66 
43/12/04 43/12/1?     sail form Tarawa to P.H. > San Francisco   66 
44/01 44/03/13     San Francisco - turbines replacement   66 
44/03/13 44/03/19   12.6 sail from San Francisco to P.H.   81 
44/03/2? 44/04/01     escort convoy from P.H. to Majuro   66  81 
44/04/01 44/08/19     Marshalls - ASW duty off bypassed enemy garrisons   66 
44/04/23       rescued B-24 crew   85 
44/05/26     57.8 shell Mili Atoll   66  85 
44/06/09       shell Mili Atoll   66 
44/08/08       shell Taroa (with Bancroft)   66 
44/08/19 44/09     sail from Marshalls to P.H. (replenish) > New Guinea > Manus   66 
44/10/11 44/10/27 King2 79     66 
44/10/27 44/12/13     escort reinforce convoys from Manus to Philippines   66 
44/12/27 44/12/30   78.3.15     66 
44/12/30     78.3.15 damage(kami) at Mangarin Bay, Mindoro -34 KIA/WIA (12-21'N.,121-02'E.)   66 
44/12/30 45/02/02     Mangarin Bay, Mindoro - emergency repairs   66 
45/02/02 45/02/2?     towed from Mangarin Bay to Leyte > Ulithi   66 
45/02/2? 45/04/21     Ulithi - repairs (AD-17 Pidemont)   66 
45/04/21 45/05/19     sail from Ulithi to P.H. > San Francisco   66 
45/05/19 45/10/03     San Francisco - repairs   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 4 Battle Stars
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