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DD-678 McGowan
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Fletcher | 1943/06/30 Federal Shipb. & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J. | 1943/11/14 | 1943/12/20 | 1960/11/30
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| Namesake: RAdm John McGowan, Jr., USN (*1843/08/04, +1915/08/13) - CO USS Wyandank during Civil War, participated in attacks on Fort Fisher (1864,1865) | |||||
| TTD differences from class:Ms 21 | |||||
| Camouflage: 42: Ms 21, 43: Ms 32/13d | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/05 | joinPac | ||||
| 44/05/12 | P.H. | 125 | |||
| 44/05/31 | 44/06/10 | Roi, Kwajalein Atoll | 66 | ||
| 44/06/10 | 44/06/23 | Forage | 52.17/FSU4/DesRon54/DesDiv107 | land Saipan | 66 |
| 44/06/26 | Eniwetok | 88 | |||
| 44/07/ | 44/07/2? | Forage | 53.1 | land Guam | 66 |
| 44/07/2? | 44/08 | Forage | 52.17/FSU4 | land Tinian | 66 |
| 44/08/26 | 44/09/08 | Port Purvis, Tulagi - Stalemate rehearsals | 66 88 | ||
| 44/09/08 | 44/09/2? | Stale2 | 32.2, 32/DesRon54/DesDiv107 | land Peleliu, Angaur | 66 |
| 44/10/11 | 44/10/30? | King2 | 77? | ||
| 44/10/24 | 44/10/25 | King2 | RightFor/DesRon54/DesDiv107 | xSuriga | 81 |
| 44/12/10 | 44/12/29 | Love3 | 77.12.7/DesRon54/DesDiv107 | land Mindoro | 66 |
| 44/12/30 | 45/01/2? | Mike1 | 77/DesRon54/DesDiv107 | land Lingayen Gulf | 66 |
| 45/02/08 | 45/03/04 | Detach | 58.5/DesRon54/DesDiv107 | 70 | |
| 45/02/21 | Detach | 52.2.4 | 70 | ||
| 45/03/14 | 45/05/28 | Iceber | 58.4/DesRon54/DesDiv107 | ||
| 45/05/28 | 45/06/13 | Iceber | 38.4/DesRon54/DesDiv107 | 66 | |
| 45/06/08 | 45/06/09 | Iceber | 30.4/DesRon54/DesDiv107 | shell Okino Ogari Shima | 66 |
| 45/06/13 | 45/07/01 | San Pedro Bay, Leyte | 66 | ||
| 45/07/01 | 45/08/10 | 38.3/DesRon54/DesDiv107 | raid Home Is. | 66 | |
| 45/08/10 | 45/08/14 | DesRon54/DesDiv107 | sail from Japan to Paramushiru > Adak | 66 | |
| 45/08/12 | 92/DesRon54/DesDiv107 | shell Paramushiru | 66 | ||
| 45/08/14 | 45/08/31 | 92/DesRon54/DesDiv107 | Adak | 66 | |
| 45/08/31 | 45/09 | 92/DesRon54/DesDiv107 | Honshu occupation | 66 | |
| 60/11/30 | sold to Spain > Jorge Juan | ||||