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DD-643 Sigourney
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher 1942/12/07
Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine
1943/04/24 1943/06/29 1974
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Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 21, 44: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/09/25?       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
43/09/25? 43/10/03     sail from Panama to San Diego   66 
43/10/04 43/10/24     sail from San Diego to Esp. Santo   66 
43/10/2? 43/11/0? Shoe2 31.5     127 
43/10/24 43/10/2?   DesRon22/DesDiv44 Esp. Santo   66 
43/11 44/05/06 Shoe2 31.6/DesRon22/DesDiv44     66 
43/11/0? 43/11 Shoe2 31.6/DesRon22/DesDiv44 land Cape Torokina   66 
43/11/03 43/11/04     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/09 43/11/09     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/15 43/11/17   31.6/DesRon22/DesDiv44 5th Bougainville reinforcement echelon   66 
43/11/17     31.6/DesRon22/DesDiv44 lifeguard from McKean off Empress Augusta Bay  
43/11/19 43/11/21     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/12/10       damaged (grounding) 10 nm SE of Cape Torokina (06-21S, 155-10E)   85 
43/12/17 43/12/20     Esp. Santo   88 
44/02/13 44/02/2?   31/DesRon22/DesDiv44 land Green Islands   66 
44/02/29 44/03/01   31/DesRon22/DesDiv44 shell Rabaul   66 
44/03/12     31/DesRon22/DesDiv44 shell Bougainville   66 
44/03/20     31.2/DesRon22/DesDiv44 land Emirau   66 
44/04 44/04/12   31/DesRon22/DesDiv44 shell Bougainville   66 
44/04/12 44/05/06   31/DesRon22/DesDiv44 escort trips betw. Tulagi, Cape Gloucester, Majuro, Eniwetok,Kwajalein   66 
44/05/06 44/05/11     Kwajalein   66 
44/05/11 44/08/20 Forage 51.8     66  25 
44/08/20 44/08/25     sail from Tinian to Tulagi   66 
44/08/25 44/09/08     Tulagi   66 
44/09/08 44/10/04 Stale2 32.7.3 land Palau   70 
44/09/23   Stale2 31.2 land Ulithi   70 
44/10/04 44/10/12     Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66 
44/10/12 44/10/29 King2 77.2     66 
44/10/25   King2 BattFor/Xray xSuriga   81 
44/10/29 44/11/03     sail from Leyte to Manus   66 
44/11/12 44/11/16?     sail from Manus to Leyte   66 
44/11/16? 44/12/02 King2 77.2/DesRon22/DesDiv44     66 
44/12/01 44/12/02 King2 77.2/DesRon22/DesDiv44 swept Ormoc Bay and San Isidro Peninsula area   66  105 
44/12/10 44/12/19 Love3 77.12.1/DesRon22/DesDiv44 land Mindoro   70 
44/12/30 45/01/20 Mike1 79.2     66 
45/01/20 45/01/26     secort TransDiv21 from Leyte to Morotai   66 
45/01/26 45/02/27     convoy duty between Leyte and Lingayen Gulf   66 
45/02/27 45/03 Vict3 78.2.12 land Puerto Princessa, Palawan   66  81 
45/03 45/04     Philippines - escort duty   66 
45/04/13 45/04/21 Vict5 74.2 land Malabang, Parang, Cotabato area at Mindanao   66  81 
45/05/06 45/05/31     sail from Philippines to Marshalls > P.H. > San Pedro, Cal.   66 
45/05/31 45/09/03     Bethlehem Steel Co., San Pedro, Cal. - overhaul   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 9 Battle Stars
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