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DD-680 Melvin
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher 1943/07/06
Federal Shipb. & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J.
1943/10/17 1943/11/24 1974
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Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 21


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/02/2?       joinPac-Ms 21 > nickname "Blue Devil"  
44/03/04 44/03/09     P.H.   66 
44/03/1? 44/04/2?     Marshalls - patrol, ASW, blockade duty   66 
44/05/02 44/05/31     P.H. - training   66 
44/05/29 44/07/08 Forage 52.17/FSU4/DesRon54/DesDiv107    
44/06/13   Forage 52.17/FSU4/DesRon54/DesDiv107 sinking RO-36 E of Saipan (15-21N, 147-00E)   85 
44/06/16   Forage 52.17/FSU4/DesRon54/DesDiv107 sinking/share(Wadleigh) RO-114 80 nm W of Tinian (15-02N, 144-10E)   85 
44/07/08 44/07/18     Eniwetok   66 
44/07/18 44/08/07 Forage 53 land Guam   66 
44/08/17       Eniwetok   88 
44/08/26 44/09/08     Guadalcanal - Stalemate rehearsals   66  88 
44/09/08 44/09/21 Stale2 32/DesRon54/DesDiv107 land Peleliu, Angaur   66 
44/09/21 44/10 Sale2 33.19 land Ulithi   66 
44/10/11 44/10/30? King2 79.11     66 
44/10/24 44/10/25 King2 RightFor/DesRon54/DesDiv107 xSuriga   81  66 
44/11 44/12/1?     escort duty from Hollandia to Leyte   66 
44/12/1? 44/12/25     Guadalcanal - Luzon rehearsals   66 
44/12/25 44/12/30?     escort transports from Guadalcanal to Manus   66 
45/01/0? 45/02 Mike1 77/DesRon54/DesDiv107 land Lingayen Gulf   66 
45/02 45/02/21 Detach 58.5/DesRon54/DesDiv107     70 
45/02/21   Detach 52.2.4     70 
45/02/21 45/02/2? Detach 58.5/DesRon54/DesDiv107 escort damaged Saratoga from Iwojima to Eniwetok   66 
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 Paramushiro > Adak   66 
45/08/12     92/DesRon54/DesDiv107 shell Paramushiro   66 
45/08/14 45/08/31   92/DesRon54/DesDiv107 Adak   66 
45/08/31 45/09   92/DesRon54/DesDiv107 Honshu occupation   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: Ms 21 > nickname "Blue Devil"
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 10 Battle Stars
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