file created: 12/07/02 00:13:54 , last update: 07/25/02
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DD-662 Bennion
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher . .
Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston, Mass. 		1943/07/04 1943/12/14 1971
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Namesake: Cap Mervyn Sharp Bennion *1887/05/05, KIA 41/12/07 - CMH CO West Virginia - Pearl Harbor
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 21, 43: Ms 32/13d, 44: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/03/1?       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
44/03/22 44/05/29     P.H. - training, patrol duty   66 
44/04/14 44/04/15     exercises out of P.H.   125 
44/05/29 44/07/24 Forage 52.12/DesRon56 land Saipan   66 
44/07/24 44/08/02 Forage   land Tinian   66 
44/08/02 44/08/05   51.18.10 sail from Saipan to Eniwetok   88 
44/08/10 44/08/11     Eniwetok   88 
44/08/18 44/08/22   57.5.5/DesRon56 sail from Eniwetok to Tulagi   88 
44/08/23 44/08/29     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
44/09/01 44/09/03   35/DesRon56 exercises off Guadalcanal   88 
44/09/02 44/09/29 Stale2 32 land Peleliu, Angaur   66 
44/10/18 44/12/0? King2 77.2     66  105 
44/10/20   King2 77.2 damage(shore battery) - 10-50'N., 125-25'E.   66 
44/10/24 44/10/25 King2 LetfFor xSuriga   81 
44/12/12 44/12/18 Love3 77.12.1 land Mindoro   70 
45/01/01 45/01/20 Mike1 77.2.2/DesRon56     66 
45/01/05   Mike1 77.2.2/DesRon56 fight with Momi & Hinoki Manila Bay   66 
45/02/18 45/03/12 Detach   land Iwojima   66 
45/03/26 45/06/08 Iceber 54.1.5     66 
45/04/12   Iceber 54.1.5 damaged by friendy fire off Okinawa   85 
45/04/28   Iceber 54.1.5 damage(kami) Okinawa/RP1 (27-26N, 127-51E)   66 
45/04/30   Iceber 51.5 damage(kami) off Okinawa (27-26N, 127-51E)   66 
45/05/2 ? 45/05/27   51.5/RP5 Okinawa/RP5   81 
45/07/18 45/07/29   38 raid Home Is   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 8 Battle Stars, PUC (Okinawa RP duty)
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