file created: 12/07/02 01:03:55 , last update: 08/29/01
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DD-743 Southerland
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Gearing 1944/05/27
Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine
1944/10/05 1944/12/22 1997/08/02
target
Namesake: RAdm William Henry Southerland, CO Eagle in Spanish-American War, CO 2nd Division PacFlt, 1912 commanded landing force at Nikaragua, retired 1914, died 1933
TTD differences from class:bez tpm
Camouflage: 45: Ms 33a/28d / Ms 21


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
45/05/0?       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
45/05/15 45/05/28     P.H.   66 
45/06       Leyte   66 
45/07/01 45/08/27   38 raid Home Is.   66 
45/07/29 45/07/30   34.8.1 shell Hamamacu   66 
45/08/09 45/08/10   34.8.1 shell Kamaishi   66 
45/08/27 45/08/28   31? Sagami Wan   66  81 
45/08/28 45/09     Tokio Bay   66 
45/08/30       land Huttu Saki and Yokosuka   66 
45/09/02       Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony   81 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1949/03/18 > DDR-743
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 1 Battle Star
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