file created: 12/07/02 00:16:19 , last update: 07/25/02
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DD-792 Callaghan
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher . .
Bethlehem Steel Co., San Pedro, Cal.
1943/08/01 1943/11/27 1945/07/28
sunk
Namesake: RAdm Daniel Judson Callaghan - CTG 67.4 - KIA 1942/11/13 x Guadalcanal
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 42: Ms 21, 43: Ms 31/7d


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44       Ms 32  
44/03/22 44/04/06 Desec1 58     66 
44/04/11 44/05/09 Reckle 50.17/DesRon55/DesDiv109     66 
44/05/29 44/08 Forage 52.14.2     25  70 
44/06/17   Forage 52.14.2 helping damaged Fanshaw Bay   66 
44/08/06 44/08/? Forage 58.4/DesRon55/DesDiv109     81 
44/08/12       arrived Eniwetok   88 
44/08/26 44/11/27 King2 38.3.3/DesRon55/DesDiv109     81 
44/10/25 44/10/25 King2 DuBoseGrp xLeyte   81 
44/12/11 44/12/24 Love3 38.3/DesRon55/DesDiv109 land Mindoro   66 
44/12/30 45/01/25 Mike1 38/DesRon55/DesDiv109     66 
45/02/10 45/03/04 Detach 58.3.3/DesRon55/DesDiv109     66  85 
45/03/02   Detach 58.3.3/DesRon55/DesDiv109 shell Parece Vela Reef in the Philippine Sea   85 
45/03/21 45/05/28 Iceber 54.1/FSU4/DesRon55/DesDiv109     66 
45/03/26   Iceber 54.1/FSU4/DesRon55/DesDiv109 damage(kami) off Okinawa (26-20N, 127-43E), sinking miniSS   66  85 
45/04/01       damage(kami)  
45/05/28 45/07/09 Iceber 34    
45/07/09 45/07/28 Iceber   Okinawa - RP duty   66 
45/07/28       sunk(kami) - RP7/Okinawa (25-43N, 126-55E) 47 KIA, 73 WIA   66  86  85

Ship status, hull number changes...: sunk 26-30N, 127-30E
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 8 Battle Stars
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