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DE-195 Thornhill
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 1944/02/01 1951/01/10
sold
Namesake: Ltjg Thornhill, pil VT-2, MIA 42/05/08
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44: Ms 31/3d


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
45/07/01     CortDiv55 joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
45/07/01 45/07/20   CortDiv55 sail from Panama to San Diego (07/09)   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.  
45/08/08 45/08/16   CortDiv55 escort s/s Empress of Australia from P.H. to Eniwetok   66 
45/08/16 45/12     Marshalls   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1950/03/26 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...):
Notice: sold to Italy > F-590 Aldebaran