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DD-783 Gurke
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Gearing | 1944/07/01 Todd Pacific Shipyards Inc., Tacoma, Wash. | 1945/02/15 | 1945/05/12 | 1977/03/17
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| Namesake: Pfc. Henry Gurke, USMC KIA 43/11/09 during landing in Empress Augusta Bay, CMH posth. | |||||
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| Camouflage: 45: Ms 21 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 45/08/27 | 45/09/02 | sail from California to P.H. | 81 66 | ||
| 45/09/02 | arrived P.H. | 81 | |||