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DD-794 Irwin
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Fletcher . .
Bethlehem Steel Co., San Pedro, Cal.
1943/10/31 1943/09/14 1968
sold
Namesake: RAdm Noble E. Irwin,naval aviator
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 43: Ms 21 / Ms 32/13d


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/04/26 44/05     sail from San Diego to P.H. > Eniwetok   66 
44/05/29 44/08 Forage 52.14.1     70  25 
44/08/26 44/11/27 King2 38.3.3/DesRon55/DesDiv109    
44/10/14 44/10/20? King2 30.3.1 CripDiv1   66 
44/10/24   King2 38.3.3/DesRon55/DesDiv109 xLeyte -helping damaged Princeton (15-N., 123-E.)   66 
44/10/24 44/10/27 King2 38.3.3/DesRon55/DesDiv109 escort damaged Birmingham to Ulithi  
44/10/27 44/11/17     escort Birmingham from Ulithi to San Francisco   66 
44/11/17 45/01/23     San Francisco Naval Shipyard - overhaul   66 
45/01/23 45/02/14     sail from San Francisco to P.H > Marshalls > Saipan   66 
45/02/14 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 
45/03/22 45/05/28 Iceber 54.1/FSU4/DesRon55/DesDiv109     66 
45/05/28 45/08 Iceber 34     66 
45/06/16   Iceber   lifeguard from Twiggs   66 
45/08/31       Tokio Bay   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 6 Battle Stars, NUC (Princeton rescue works)
Notice: sold to Brasilia > Sta Catarina