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DD-630 Braine
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Fletcher | . . Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine | 1943/03/07 | 1943/05/11 | 1971
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| Namesake: RAdm Daniel Lawrence Braine, USN (*1829/05/18, +1898/01/30) served in Mississippi and John Adams during the Mexican War. During the Civil War he commanded Monticello and took part in an engagement with the rebel battery at Sewell's Point, in the first naval engagement of the war. He also took part in the attack and capture of Forts Hatteras and Clarke | |||||
| TTD differences from class:Hatteras. Between 1873 and 1875 he commanded Juniata on its cruise to Greenland in search of the ill-fated Polaris Expedition. | |||||
| Camouflage: 43: Ms 31/16d | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 43/06?? | joinPac | ||||
| 43/09/29 | 43/10/11 | 14 | raid Wake | 66 | |
| 43/10/2? | 44/01 | Shoe2 | 31.5/DesRon45/DesDiv90 | land Empress Augusta Bay | 66 127 |
| 43/11 | 31 | convoy escort missions between Tulagi and Bougainville | 81 | ||
| 43/11/03 | 43/11/07 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | ||
| 43/11/09 | 43/11/09 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | ||
| 43/11/17 | 43/11/17 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | ||
| 43/12/03 | 31 | attacked by planes off Treasury Is. escorting convoy to Bougainville | 81 | ||
| 44/01 | maintenance at Efate (AD Medusa, AD Dixie) | 81 | |||
| 44/02/13 | 44/02/2? | 31/DesRon45/DesDiv90 | land Green Islands | 66 | |
| 44/02/23 | 44/03/0? | 31/DesRon45/DesDiv90 | shell Rabaul, Kavieng, antishipping sweep in St. George Channel | 66 127 | |
| 44/03/2? | 44/04 | resupply missions to Emirau | 81 | ||
| 44/03/20 | 31 | land Emirau | 66 81 | ||
| 44/04/2? | 44/05/1? | Sydney - refit, refresh | 81 | ||
| 44/05/29 | 44/07 | Forage | 52.10/FSU7/DesRon45/DesDiv90 | 25 127 | |
| 44/06/14 | Forage | 52.10/FSU7/DesRon45/DesDiv90 | damage(coast battery) off Tinian (15-12N, 145-42E) | 85 | |
| 44/06/19 | Forage | 58.3/DesRon45/DesDiv90 | xPhilip | 81 127 | |
| 44/07 | 44/08 | San Pedro Naval Shipyard - repairs, overhaul | 81 | ||
| 44/08/25 | 44/08/31 | escort South Dakota from Puget Sound to P.H. | 81 | ||
| 44/09/1? | 44/09/2? | 33.3 | sail from P.H. to Eniwetok > Manus | 81 | |
| 44/10 | 44/11 | King2 | 77.2 | 66 | |
| 44/12/01 | DesRon23 | detached from DesRon45 to DesRon23 | 81 | ||
| 44/12/12 | Love3 | 77.12.7 | land Mindoro | 70 | |
| 44/12/30 | 45/03 | Mike1 | 77/DesRon23 | 81 | |
| 45/01/07 | Mike1 | 78.1.11/DesRon23 | sinking/share Hinoki 50 nm WSW of Manila (14-30N, 119-30E) | 85 | |
| 45/02/13 | 45/02/17 | Mike1 | 78.3 | land Corregidor | 66 |
| 45/03/10 | Vict4 | 78.1 | land Zamboanga | 66 81 | |
| 45/03/2? | 45/04/1? | 78.2 | land Polloc Bay, Mindanao | 66 | |
| 45/05/16 | 45/05/27 | Iceber | Okinawa - RP duty | 66 | |
| 45/05/25 | 45/05/27 | Okinawa/RP5 | |||
| 45/05/27 | Iceber | disable(kami) - Okinawa/RP5 (26-25N, 128-30E) - 66 KIA, 78 WIA | 86 | ||
| 45/05/27 | 45/06/19 | Kerama Retto - temporary repairs | 66 | ||
| 45/06/19 | 45/06/25 | sail Kerama Retto > Saipan | 81 | ||
| 45/06/2? | 45/07/19 | sail from Saipan to Eniwetok > P.H. > San Diego | 66 81 | ||
| 45/07/2 ? | 45/08/06 | sail from San Diego to Panama Canal > Boston | 81 | ||
| 45/07/2? | leftPac - Panama Canal | 66 81 | |||