file created: 12/07/02 00:24:45 , last update: 07/25/02
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DD-631 Erben
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher . .
Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine
1943/03/21 1943/05/28 1963
sold
Namesake: RAdm Erben
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 21


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/09       joinPac  
43/10/02 43/11/08     P.H. - training   66 
43/11/08 43/11/15     sail from P.H. to Esp. Santo   66 
43/11/15 43/12/1? Galvan 50.3/DesRon48/DesDiv95     66 
43/11/19 43/12/09 Galvan 50.3.2    
43/12/1? 43/12/21     P.H. - replenish   66 
43/12/21 44/01/0?     sail from P.H. to Funafuti   66 
44/01/29 44/02/17 Flint 50.15/DesRon48/DesDiv95     66 
44/03/17 44/04     escort convoy from Guadalcanal to Cape Torokina,then sail to Milne Bay   66 
44/04 44/05 Persec 78.2/DesRon48/DesDiv95     70 
44/05       Esp. Santo, Russells - training   66 
44/06/08 44/06/12     Kwajalein   66 
44/06/12 44/08/04 Forage 53.7/DesRon48     70 
44/08/04       Eniwetok   66 
44/08/10 44/08/11     Eniwetok   88 
44/09       PHNY - overhaul   66 
44/10/14 44/10/24 King2 77    
44/11/1? 44/11/17     escort convoy from Humboldt Bay to Leyte   66 
44/11/17 44/12     sail from Leyte to Manus > Majuro > P.H. > west coast   66 
44/12 45/02     west coast - overhaul   66 
45/03/15 45/05/28 Iceber 58.3/DesRon48/DesDiv95     84  66 
45/05/28 45/06/13 Iceber 38     66 
45/06/13 45/06/30     San Pedro Bay, Leyte   66 
45/07/01 45/09/15   38.3/DesRon48/DesDiv95     66  104  105
45/08/09     34.8.1/DesRon48/DesDiv95 shell Kamaishi - sinking 2 luggers   66  85 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 6 Battle Stars
Notice: sold to South Korea > Chung Mu