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DD-680 Melvin
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Fletcher | 1943/07/06 Federal Shipb. & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J. | 1943/10/17 | 1943/11/24 | 1974
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| Camouflage: 42: Ms 21 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 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 | |