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DD-656 Van Valkenburgh
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Fletcher | 1942/11/15 Gulf Shipbuilding Co., Chickasaw, Ala. | 1943/12/19 | 1944/08/02 | 1967
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| Namesake: Cap Franklin Van Valkenburgh, CO Arizona, KIA 41/12/07, CMH | |||||
| TTD differences from class:Ms 32 | |||||
| Camouflage: 43: Ms 31/9d | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/10/27 | joinPac - Panama Canal - escort Wilkes-Barre to San Diego | 66 | |||
| 44/11/10 | 44/11/16 | escort convoy from San Diego to P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/11/17 | 45/01/27 | P.H. - training, tender availability (AD-19 Yosemite) | 66 | ||
| 45/01/27 | 45/02/08? | sail from P.H. to Eniwetok > Saipan | 66 | ||
| 45/02/10? | 45/03/18 | Detach | |||
| 45/03/18 | 45/04/15 | Iceber | 51.2 | ||
| 45/04/01 | Iceber | 51.2 | helping damaged LST-884 off Okinawa | ||
| 45/04/19 | 45/06/24 | Iceber | Okinawa - RP duty | 66 | |
| 45/04/22 | Iceber | Okinawa/RP14 - lifeguard from LCS-15 | 66 | ||
| 45/04/28 | Iceber | Okinawa/RP1 - assist damaged Daly, Twiggs | 66 | ||
| 45/05/04 | Iceber | Okinawa/RP4 | 81 | ||
| 45/05/17 | Iceber | Okinawa/RP9 | 66 | ||
| 45/05/2? | 45/05/29 | Iceber | Okinawa/RP16 | 66 | |
| 45/05/27 | Iceber | assist damaged Shubrick off Okinawa | |||
| 45/06/05 | Iceber | Okinawa/RP11 | 66 | ||
| 45/06/24 | 45/06/27 | sail from Okinawa to Leyte | 66 | ||
| 45/07 | 45/09 | 95 | 66 | ||