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DD-724 Laffey II
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Allen M. 1943/06/28
Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine
1943/11/21 1944/02/08 1975
memori
Namesake: seaman Bartlett Laffey +1901/03/22 earned Medal of Honor onboard gunboat Marmora 1864/03/05 near Yazoo City,Miss.
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44: Ms 32/3d, 45: Ms 31/16d / Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/09/02     DesDiv119 joinPac  
44/09/10 44/09/12     San Diego   81 
44/09/12 44/09/18     sail from San Diego to P.H.   66  81 
44/09/18 44/10/23     P.H. - training   66 
44/10/23 44/11/05   12.5.2/DesRon60/DesDiv119 sail from P.H. to Eniwetok > Ulithi   66  81 
44/11/05 44/11/22 King2 38.4.3/DesRon60/DesDiv119     66  105 
44/11/27 44/11/29   DesRon60/DesDiv119 sail from Ulithi to San Pedro Bay, Leyte   81 
44/11/29 44/12/01 King2 77,2/DesRon60/DesDiv119     81 
44/12/06 44/12/07   78.2/DesRon60/DesDiv119 land Ormoc Bay   66  81 
44/12/08       San Pedro Bay - upkeep   66 
44/12/10     77.3 rescue works off Hughes   81 
44/12/12 44/12/18 Love3 77.3/DesRon60/DesDiv119 land Mindoro   66  105 
44/12/15 44/12/17 Love3 78.3.2 escort empty landing craft to san Pedro Bay, Leyte   105 
44/12/20 44/12/30   77.14/DesRon60/DesDiv119     105 
44/12/26 44/12/29   77.14/DesRon60/DesDiv119 antishipping sweep off Mindoro   81  105 
44/12/30 45/01/22 Mike1 77.2.1/DesRon60/DesDiv119     66 
45/01/22 45/01/27 Mike1 77.15 sail from Lingayen Gulf to Ulithi   66 
45/02/10 45/02/28 Detach 58.4.3/DesRon60/DesDiv119     66 
45/02/28 45/03/01     carry mail and photos for CinCPac from Iwojima to Guam   66 
45/03/02 45/03/11   58.4 training off Ulithi   66 
45/03/11 45/04/16 Iceber 54.1.2     66 
45/04/13   Iceber   Kerama Retto - embark fighter direction team   66 
45/04/14 45/04/16 Iceber 54.1.2 Okinawa/RP1   66 
45/04/15   Iceber 54 disable(kami - 5 kami, 4 bombs) Okinawa/RP1 (27-16N, 127-50E) - 31 KIA, 72 WIA - towed   66  86 
45/04/17 45/04/22     off Okinawa - temporary repairs   66  81 
45/04/22 45/04/27     sail Kerame Retto > Saipan as part of TransDiv50 screen   66  81 
45/04/27 45/05/01     Saipan - repairs   66 
45/05/01 45/05/04     sail from Saipan to Eniwetok   81 
45/05/01 45/05/12     sail from Eniwetok to P.H.   66  81 
45/05/12 45/05/14     PHNY - emergency repairs   81 
45/05/14 45/05/24     sail from P.H. to Farallone Is., then to Seattle   81 
45/05/24 45/09     Todd Shipb. Corp., Seattle - repairs   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1975/03/01 struck from Navy List, memorial at Charleston, S.C.
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 5 Battle Stars, PUC, 18xBS, 6xSS, 2xNC, 1xNCM
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