file created: 12/07/02 00:15:20 , last update: 01/13/01
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DD-857 Bristol II
United States Navy destroyer
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Allen M. 1944/05/05
Bethlehem Steel Co., San Pedro, Cal.
1944/10/29 1945/03/17 1969/12/09
sold
Namesake: RAdm Mark Lambert Bristol (*1868/04/17, + 1939/05/13) CO Oklahoma (WWI), 1927 CinCAF
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44-45: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
45/06/13 45/06/19     sail from San Diego to P.H.   66 
45/06/19 45/07     P.H.   66 
45/07/02 45/07/09     sail from P.H. to Eniwetok (with Highbee, Boston, St. Paul)   81 
45/07/1? 45/07/29     sail from P.H. to Guam   66 
45/07/29 45/08/05   30.8     66 
45/08/05     30.8 damage(collision - AO Ashtabula) off Iwojima   66 
45/08/1 45/09/01     Apra Harbor, Guam   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1969/11/21 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 1 Battle Star
Notice: sold to Taiwan > Hua Yang; scrapped 1993