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DD-654 Bearss
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Fletcher | 1942/07/14 Gulf Shipbuilding Co., Chickasaw, Ala. | 1943/07/25 | 1944/04/12 | 1976/04/14
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| Namesake: BGen Hiram I. Bearss (USMC) *1875/04/13, 1938/06/26 CMH for his part in the Battle at the Junction of the Cadacan and Sojoton Rivers, Samar, Philippine Islands, 17 November 1901. | |||||
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| Camouflage: 43: Ms 32/6d | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/06?? |   |   |   | joinPac |   |
| 44/07/ | 44/08 |   |   | P.H. |   66  |
| 44/08/0 ? | 44/08/09 |   |   | sail from P.H. to Adak |   66  |
| 44/08/09 | 44/08/2? |   | 94 | Aleutians |   66  |
| 44/08/2? | 45/09 |   | 92 | Aleutians |   66  |
| 44/08/26 | 44/10/29 |   | 92 | Kuriles Harrashment |   66  |
| 44/11/21 |   |   | 92 | shell Matsuwa, Kuriles |   66  |
| 45/01/05 |   |   | 92 | shell Suribachi Wan, Kuriles |   66  |
| 45/02/05 |   |   |   | damaged from ammunition hangfire on exercises in Aleutians |   85  |
| 45/02/18 |   |   | 92 | shell Paramushiru |   66  |
| 45/03/15 |   |   | 92 | shell Matsuwa |   66  |
| 45/05/19 |   |   | 92 | shell Suribachi Wan, Kuriles |   66  |
| 45/06/26 | 45/07/0? |   | 92 | antishipping sweep to Kuriles |   21  |
| 45/06/29 |   |   | 92 | sinking small ship from convoy SW of Paramushiro |   21  |
| 45/07/15 | 45/07/22 |   | 92 | antishipping sweep off Kuriles |   66  |
| 45/08/15 |   |   | 92 | antishipping sweep off Kuriles |   66  |