file created: 12/07/02 00:54:56 , last update: 07/25/02
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DD-679 McNair
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher 1943/06/30
Federal Shipb. & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J.
1943/11/14 1943/12/30 1974
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Namesake: RAdm McNair
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 21, 43: Ms 32/3d, 44: Ms 32/3d


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/03       joinPac  
44/04/14 44/04/15     exercises out of P.H.   125 
44/05/29 44/07/03 Forage 52.17/FSU4/DesRon54/DesDiv108 land Saipan   66 
44/07/03 44/07/25 Forage   escort duty Eniwetok <> Saipan   66 
44/07/25 44/08/02 Forage 52.17/FSU4/DesRon54/DesDiv108 land Tinian   66 
44/08/02 44/08/1?     sail from Tinian to Tulagi   66 
44/08/17       Eniwetok   88 
44/08/25 44/09/06     Port Purvis, Tulagi - Stalemate rehearsals   66  88 
44/09/06 44/09/2? Stale2 32/DesRon54/DesDiv108 land Peleliu, Angaur   66 
44/10/1? 44/10/30? King2 77     66 
44/10/24 44/10/25   RightFor/DesRon54/DesDiv108 xSuriga   81 
44/11 44/12     escort duty from Hollandia to Leyte   66 
44/12 44/12/25     Guadalcanal - Luzon rehearsals   66 
44/12/25 45/01/01?     escort transports from Guadalcanal to Manus   66 
45/01/02 45/02 Mike1 77/DesRon54/DesDiv108 land Lingayen Gulf   66 
45/02/0? 45/03 Detach 58.5/DesRon54/DesDiv108     70  66 
45/02/21 45/02/23 Detach 58.5/DesRon54/DesDiv108 escort damaged SAratoga from Iwojima to Eniwetok   66 
45/02/23 45/03/12   58.5    
45/03/14 45/04/27 Iceber 58.4/DesRon54/DesDiv108     66 
45/04/11   Iceber 58.4/DesRon54/DesDiv108 escort damaged Kidd to south from TF 58   81 
45/04/27 45/05/23     detached to Ulithi for repairs   66 
45/05/23 45/05/28 Iceber 58.4/DesRon54/DesDiv108     66 
45/05/28 45/06/13 Iceber 38     66 
45/06/13 45/07/01     San Pedro Bay, Leyte   66 
45/07/01 45/08   38.3/DesRon54/DesDiv108 raid Home Is.   66  104 
45/08/14 45/08/31     Adak, Alaska   66 
45/08/31 45/09   92/DesRon54/DesDiv108 Honshu occupation   66 

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