file created: 12/07/02 00:19:58 , last update: 05/31/02
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DE-11 Crouter
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Evarts -
Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston, Mass.
1943/01/26 1943/05/25 1946/11/25
sold
Namesake: Cdr Mark H. Crouter, XO San Francisco, KIA 41/11/14?
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/07/24 43/09/03     sail Boston > Noumea   66 
43/09/ 44/03/31     escort missions betw. Efate, Esp. Santo, Fiji, Noumea, Tulagi   66 
43/09/17 43/09/18     Esp. Santo   88 
44/04 44/06     San Francisco (MINY or HPNY) - overhaul   66  88 
44/06/07 44/06/14     P.H.   88 
44/06/14 44/07/03     escort convoy P.H. > Eniwetok   66 
44/07/1? 44/08/03     P.H. - submarine training exercises   66 
44/08/03 44/08/13     sail P.H. > Majuro   66 
44/08/13 44/10/24     Majuro - submarine training exercises   66 
44/10/24 44/10/26     sail Majuro > Eniwetok   66 
44/10/26 45/03/16     convoy escorts from Eniwetok to Ulithi, Kossol Roads, Saipan   66 
45/03/16 45/04/01 Iceber 55.6 escort convoy San Pedro Bay, Leyte > Okinawa   66  86 
45/04/01 45/04/19     Okinawa - patrol duty   66 
45/04/19 44/04/28     Okinawa - HKG   66 
45/05/21 45/09/18     Guam - submarine training duty   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1945/11/30 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 1 Battle Star
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