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DE-194 Wingfield
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Cannon - 1943/10/07
Federal Shipb. & Drydock Co., Newark, N.J.
1943/12/30 1944/01/28 1950/09/10
sold
Namesake: Ltjg John Wingfield, *1916/11/04,m pil. VS-2 MIA 42/05/08 DSM,NC
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
45/07/01     CortDiv55 joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
45/07/01 45/07/09   CortDiv55 sail from Panama to San Diego   66 
45/07/09 45/07/14   CortDiv55 San Diego   66 
45/07/14 45/07/20   CortDiv55 sail from San Diego to P.H.   66 
45/07/20 45/08/08     P.H. - upkeep, gunnery and ASW training   66 
45/08/08 45/08/16   96/CortDiv55 escort s/s Empress of Australia from P.H. to Eniwetok   66 
45/08/16 45/09/04   96/CortDiv55 Eniwetok   66 
45/08/24 45/08/29     search for reported life raft   66 
45/09/06       Maleolap Atoll - accept surrender   85 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1950/09 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...):
Notice: sold to France > F-720 Sakalave