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DE-19 Burden R. Hastings
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Evarts - . .
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Cal.
1942/11/20 1943/05/01 1947/03
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Namesake: Lt Burden Robert Hastings Lt - pil. VP-101 - *1910/08/01, KIA 41/12/27
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/07       quick voyage California > P.H. and back   66 
43/08       P.H.   66 
43/09 43/10     Baker Is. - patrol and escort duty   66 
43/11/12 43/11/23 Galvan   shell Tarawa   66 
43/11/23 43/11/2?     sail from Tarawa to Funafuti   66 
43/12 43     escort 2 convoys from Funafuti to Tarawa and one to Noumea   66 
44/01/08 44/01/28     P.H.   66 
44/01/28 44/02/13 Flint 51? land Kwajalein   66 
44/02/13 44/02/29     P.H.   66 
44/03       Marshalls   66 
44/06/16       sinking RO-44 110 nm E of Eniwetok (11-13N, 164-15E)   66  85 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex BDE-19 Duckworth, 43/01/25 taken over and renamed
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 4 Battle Stars
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