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DD-639 Shubrick
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Bristol 1942/02/17
Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, Va.
1942/04/18 1943/02/07 1947/09/28
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Namesake: RAdm Shubrick
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 43: Ms 22, 44: Ms 32/??, 45: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
45/02/01       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
45/04/21 45/05/06     escort Mississippi from P.H. to Okinawa   66 
45/05/02 45/02/10     sail from Panama to San Diego (with Drexler)   81 
45/05/06 45/05/27 Iceber   Okinawa - RP duty   66 
45/05/12   Iceber   land Tori Shima   66 
45/05/29   Iceber   disable(kami) off Okinawa/RP16 (26-38N, 127-05E) - 35 KIA, 25 WIA - assisted by Pavlic   66 
45/05/29 45/07/15 Iceber   Kerama Retto - emergency repairs   66 
45/07/15 45/08/10     sail on one engine from Kerama Retto to Puget Sound   66 
45/08/10 45/11     PSNY   66 
45/08/17       PSNY - Bureau of Ships decided not to repair   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1945/11/28 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 4 Battle Stars
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