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DD-691 Mertz
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Fletcher | 1943/05/10 Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine | 1943/09/11 | 1943/11/19 | 1970
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| Namesake: RAdm Mertz | |||||
| TTD differences from class: | |||||
| Camouflage: 42-43: Ms 21, 44: Ms 22 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/02/1? | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | |||
| 44/02/1? | 44/03/05 | sail from Panama to San Diego > P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/03/05 | 44/03/09 | P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/03/09 | 44/03/15 | escort convoy from P.H. to Majuro | 66 | ||
| 44/03/22 | 44/04/06 | Desec1 | 58.2 | 66 | |
| 44/04/06 | 44/04/11 | Majuro | 66 | ||
| 44/04/11 | 44/04/15 | escort Barnes from Majuro to Esp. Santo | 66 | ||
| 44/05/1? | 44/05/29 | P.H. - training | 66 | ||
| 44/05/29 | 44/06/22 | Forage | 52.17/FSU1/DesRon54/DesDiv107 | ||
| 44/06/22 | 44/08 | convoy duty | 66 | ||
| 44/08/02 | off Saipan | 88 | |||
| 44/09/0? | 44/09/2? | Stale2 | 32/DesRon54/DesDiv107 | land Peleliu, Angaur | 66 |
| 44/10/11 | 44/10/30 | King2 | 77/DesRon54 | 66 | |
| 44/10/24 | 44/10/25 | RightFor/DesRon54/DesDiv107 | xSuriga | 81 | |
| 44/10/30 | 44/11/09 | Humboldt Bay | 66 | ||
| 44/11/09 | 44/11/15 | escort reinforcement convoy from Hollandia to Leyte | 66 | ||
| 44/12/10 | 44/12/1? | Love3 | 77.12.7/DesRon54/DesDiv107 | land Mindoro | 70 |
| 45/01/04 | 45/01/16 | Mike1 | 77/DesRon54/DesDiv107 | 66 | |
| 45/01/16 | San Pedro Bay, Leyte | 66 | |||
| 45/02/10 | 45/03/04 | Detach | 58 | 66 | |
| 45/03/14 | 45/05/28 | Iceber | 58.4/DesRon54/DesDiv107 | ||
| 45/04/09 | Iceber | 58.4/DesRon54/DesDiv107 | sinking/share RO-46 130 nm E of Nakagusuku Wan, Okinawa (26-09N, 130-21E) | 66 85 | |
| 45/04/18 | Iceber | 58.4/DesRon54/DesDiv107 | sinking/share I-56 150 nm E of Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa (26-42N, 130-38E) | 66 85 | |
| 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 Daito Shima | 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, Alaska | 66 | |
| 45/08/12 | 92/DesRon54/DesDiv107 | shell Paramushiru, Kuriles | 66 | ||
| 45/08/14 | 45/08/31 | 92/DesRon54/DesDiv107 | Adak | 66 | |
| 45/08/31 | 45/09 | 92/DesRon54/DesDiv107 | Honshu occupation | 66 | |