file created: 12/07/02 01:06:55 , last update: 01/12/01
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DD-684 Wedderburn
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher 1943/01/10
Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, Cal.
1943/08/01 1944/03/09 1972/01/26
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Namesake: Ltjg Charles Foster Wedderburn, KIA 1917/11/19 onboard DD-3 Chauncey
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 43: Ms 31/22d, 44: Ms 21


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/06/21 44/06/27     sail from San Francisco to P.H.   66 
44/06/27 44/07/01   19.3.2 P.H. - ASW and plane guard duty   66 
44/07/01 44/07/0?     sail form P.H. to Eniwetok   66 
44/07/17 44/08/10 Forage 53.2.1 land Guam   66  81  127
44/08/10 44/08/14     sail form Guam to Eniwetok   66 
44/08/28 44/11/05 King2 38.2.3/DesRon53/DesDiv106     81  66 
44/10/24 44/10/26 King2 38.2.3/DesRon53/DesDiv106 xLeyte   81 
44/11/05 44/11/10     sail to Ulithi   66 
44/11/1? 44/11/23 King2 38.2.3/DesRon53/DesDiv106     66 
44/11/10 44/11/1?     Ulithi - engine repairs   66 
44/11/2? 44/12/10     Ulithi   66 
44/11/23 44/11/24 King2 38.1.3/DesRon53/DesDiv106     125 
44/12/10 44/12/25 Love3 38.1/DesRon53/DesDiv106 land Mindoro   66 
44/12/30 45/01/25 Mike1 38.1.3/DesRon53/DesDiv106     66 
45/02/04       ASW exercises out off Ulithi with Yarnall and Skipjack   125 
45/02/10 45/03/04 Detach 58.2.3/DesRon53/DesDiv106     66 
45/02/21 45/02/22 Detach 54.1.18/DesDiv106     125 
45/02/22 45/02/23 Detach 58.12/DesDiv106     125 
45/03/14 45/03/20 Iceber 58.2/DesRon53/DesDiv106     66 
45/03/20 45/04/30 Iceber 58.1/DesRon53/DesDiv106     66 
45/04/30 45/05/18     Ulithi   66 
45/05/18 45/05/27     escort Missouri from Ulithi to Guam to pick up Adm Halsey, then to Okinawa   66 
45/05/27 45/06/13 Iceber 38.2 or 38.3     66 
45/06/07 45/06/08     San Pedro Bay, Leyte - drydock ARD-17   81 
45/07/01 45/08/15   38.4/DesRon53/DesDiv106 raid Home Is   66  104 
45/07/24     35.3/DesRon53/DesDiv106 shell Kushimoto and Shino Misaki   81 
45/08/27       Tokio Bay - 1st US DD entered Tokio Bay   81 
45/09/02       Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony   81 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1969/10/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 7 Battle Stars
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