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DE-18 Gilmore
United States Navy destroyer escort
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Evarts - | . . Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Cal. | 1942/10/22 | 1943/04/17 | 1947/02/01
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| Namesake: Cdr Howard Gilmore - CO Growler - KIA 43/02/07 - CMH | |||||
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| Camouflage: 45/03: Ms 22 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 43/06/28 | 43/07/1? | escort APs from San Francisco to P.H., then sail back | 66 | ||
| 43/09/20 | 43/10/0? | CortDiv14 | escort AS Beaver from San Francisco to Attu | 66 | |
| 43/10/0? | Aleutians | 66 | |||
| 43/10/18 | 43/10/29 | E of Attu - escort and control ship for USCGS Surveyor | 66 | ||
| 43/11 | 44/01/20 | 11 escort missions between Alaskan and Aleutians ports | 66 | ||
| 44/01/20 | 44/02/01 | off Attu - air-sea rescue station for Fleet Air Wing 4 | 66 | ||
| 44/02/0? | 44/02/16 | escort AO Tippecanoe, s/s Henry Failing from Adak to Puget Sound | 66 | ||
| 44/02/04 | 44/02/0? | escort merchantman to Adak | 66 | ||
| 44/02/1? | 44/03/01 | sail from Puget Sound to Dutch Harbor | 66 | ||
| 44/03/01 | 44/04/20 | 9 escort missions from Dutch Harbor and Attu | 66 | ||
| 44/04/15 | CortDiv14 | escort -convoy Dutch Harbor > Kodiak | |||
| 44/04/23 | escort merchantman from Dutch Harbor to Kodiak (with Edward C. Daly) | 66 | |||
| 44/04/26 | sinking I-180 SW of Kodiak (55-10N, 155-40W) | 66 | |||
| 44/04/29 | Kodiak | 66 | |||
| 44/05/0? | 44/05/09 | escort s/s Otsego from Kodiak to Dutch Harbor | 66 | ||
| 44/05/1? | 44/07/01 | 5 escort trips between Dutch Harbor and Adak | 66 | ||
| 44/07/01 | 44/07/04 | air-sea rescue station for Fleet Air Wing 4 | |||
| 44/07/1? | 44/09/08 | 14 escort missions from Dutch Harbor to Kodiak, Adak, Attu, Kiska | 66 | ||
| 44/09/08 | 44/10/01 | W of Attu - air-sea rescue station for Fleet Air Wing 4 | 66 | ||
| 44/10/01 | 45/01/13 | Alaska, Aleutians - escort duty | 66 | ||
| 45/01/2? | 45/03/04 | MINY - overhaul | 78 66 | ||
| 45/03/04 | 45/03/10 | sail from Mare Island to P.H. | 66 | ||
| 45/03/10 | 45/03/20 | CortDiv14/DF | P.H. | 66 | |
| 45/03/20 | 45/03/29 | CortDiv14/DF | escort troop convoy from P.H. to Eniwetok | 66 | |
| 45/04/0? | 45/04/0? | escort Long Island from Eniwetok to Guam | 66 | ||
| 45/04/13 | 45/04/18 | escort LSTs from Saipan to Iwojima | 66 | ||
| 45/04/2? | 45/04/2? | escort (with Cassin) 2 merchantment from Iwojima to Guam | 66 | ||
| 45/05/01 | 45/05/04 | escort LST convoy from Saipan to Iwojima | 66 | ||
| 45/05/04 | 45/05/10 | off Iwojima - rescue station | 66 | ||
| 45/05/10 | 45/05/12 | sent MedOf to Jallao, then escort Jallao to Saipan | 66 | ||
| 45/05/12 | 45/07/20 | Saipan | 66 | ||
| 45/07/22 | 45/08/07 | escort troopships from Saipan to Okinawa, then sail back | 66 | ||
| 45/08/07 | 45/08/17 | HKG (Kasaan Bay) off Saipan | 66 | ||
| 45/08/17 | 45/09/11 | 2 escort missions with troop transports to Okinawa | 66 | ||