file created: 12/07/02 00:52:11 , last update: 05/31/02
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DE-20 Le Hardy
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Evarts - 1942/04/15
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Cal.
1942/11/21 1943/05/15 1946/12/26
scrap
Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 43/06: Ms 14


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/07/21 43/10/2?     escort duty west coast <> P.H.   66 
43/10/2? 43/11/15     P.H. - training   66 
43/11/15 43/11/25 Galvan   escort convoy P.H. > Tarawa   66 
43/11/25 43/12/25 Galvan   Gilberts - patrol and screening duty   66 
43/12/24 44/01/01     escort (+Trathen) s/s Mormacport from Gilberts to P.H.   66 
44/01/0? 44/01/28     P.H. - landing rehearsals   66 
44/01/28 44/02/05 Flint   escort troop convyo from P.H. to Kwajalein   66 
44/02/05 44/02/1?     escort AK from Kwajalein to Funafuti, then sail back   66 
44/02/1? 44/03/04 Flint   Eniwetok - patrol and screening duty   66 
44/03/04 44/03/11     sail from Eniwetok to P.H.   66 
44/03/11 44/05/2?     P.H. - submarine training duty   66 
44/06 44/10     western Pacific - ASW duty, P.H. - training   66 
44/06/16       departed P.H.   88 
44/10/22 45/01/22     escort AO convoys from Eniwetok to Ulithi   66 
45/02 45/05     Seattle - overhaul   66 
45/05/28 45/09/02     Eniwetok <> Ulithi convoy duty   66 
45/09/02 45/09/04     Wake Is. - surrender ceremony   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex BDE-20 Duff, 43/02/19 retained and renamed
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 2 Battle Stars
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