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DD-609 Gillespie
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Bristol | . . Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, Cal. | 1941/11/01 | 1942/09/18 | 1971
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| Namesake: Mjr. Archibald H. Gillespie - USMC *1910/08/14, +1873/08/16 | |||||
| TTD differences from class: | |||||
| Camouflage: 42: Ms 21, 43-44: Ms 22 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 42/12/28 | 43/01/09 | sail from San Francisco to Sand Bay, Great Sitkin Is, Aleutians | 66 | ||
| 43/01/09 | 43/02/18 | escort, ASW and patrol duties in Aleutian area | 66 | ||
| 43/01/12 | 8/TranGrp | land Amcitka | 85 | ||
| 43/02/13 | 8.6 | shell Attu | 85 66 | ||
| 43/02/18 | 8.6.2 | sinkink/share AE Akagane Maru NW of Attu | 85 66 | ||
| 43/03/04 | 43/04 | MINY - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 43/04/0? | leftPac | ||||
| 44/01/1? | joinPac | ||||
| 44/01/1? | 44/01/22 | sail from Panama to Funafuti | 66 | ||
| 44/01/2? | 44/02/07 | escort troop ships Funafuti atoll > Milne Bay | 66 | ||
| 44/02/2 ? | consolidation Saidor, New Guinea | 66 | |||
| 44/02/2?? | 44/02/? | Brewer | 76 | Cape Sudest - escort LSTs to Cape Gloucester > Los Negros | 66 |
| 44/02/29 | 44/03/02 | Brewer | 76 | land Los Negros | 66 86 |
| 44/03/14 | 44/03/16 | shell Pityilu Is, Manus | 66 | ||
| 44/03/24 | 44/03/25 | shell Pityilu, Manus, Rambutyo Is | 66 | ||
| 44/04 | 44/05/27 | patrols, exercises in Manus Is area | 66 | ||
| 44/05/27 | Horlie | 77 | land Biak | 66 | |
| 44/07/05 | shell Noemfoor Is | 66 | |||
| 44/07/20 | shell Noemfoor Is, Arimi Is | 66 | |||
| 44/08/24 | 44/08/26 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | ||
| 44/09/15 | 44/10/14 | Stale2 | 31 | 66 | |
| 44/10/14 | 44/11/05 | sail to Bremerton for overhaul | 66 | ||
| 44/11/05 | 45/01/? | Bremerton - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 45/01/05 | 45/01/1? | sail from San Diego to P.H. | 66 | ||
| 45/01/1? | 45/02 | P.H. - exercises | 66 | ||
| 45/02/08 | 45/03/08 | Detach | 50.8 | 66 | |
| 45/03/1? | 45/05/31 | Iceber | 50.8 | 66 | |
| 45/04/08 | Iceber | 50.8 | attacked by planes off Okinawa | 66 | |
| 45/07/01 | 45/08/15 | 38 | raid Home Islands | 66 | |
| 45/08/16 | 45/09/02 | escort and patrolling duties | 66 | ||