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DE-218 Darby
United States Navy destroyer escort
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Buckley - | 1943/02/22 Philadelphia Naval Shipyard | 1943/05/29 | 1943/11/15 | 1970/05/24
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| Namesake: Lt? Marshall Eugene Darby Jr., KIA 41/12/07 onboard Oklahoma | |||||
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| Camouflage: 45: Ms 22 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/01/2? | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | |||
| 44/01/2? | 44/03/20 | sail from Panama to Bora Bora > Esp. Santo > Guadalcanal | 66 | ||
| 44/03/20 | 44/07/23 | 31 | Solomons | ||
| 44/04/10 | 31 | land Emirau | 66 | ||
| 44/07/23 | 44/10 | convoy duty Guadacanal, Eniwetok, New Hebrides, Manus, Majuro | 66 | ||
| 44/08/23 | 44/08/29 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | ||
| 44/10/08 | 44/10/24 | PHNY - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 44/10/3? | 44/11/15 | convoy duty Guam<>Eniwetok | 66 | ||
| 44/11/15 | HK patrol off Ponape | 66 | |||
| 44/11/18 | 44/12/07 | sail from Eniwetok to Kwajalein. Guadalcanal > Manus > Milne Bay | 66 | ||
| 44/12/07 | 44/12/26 | Milne Bay - lading rehearsals | 66 | ||
| 44/12/26 | 44/12/2? | sail from Milne Bay to Manus | 66 | ||
| 45/01/02 | 45/01/11 | Mike1 | escort troop convoy from Manus to Linayen Gulf | 66 | |
| 45/01/11 | 45/02/28 | Mike1 | Philippines - escort and patrol duty | 66 | |
| 45/02/28 | 45/03/18 | Detach | sail from Philippines to Ulithi,then escort garrison convoy to Iwojima | 66 | |
| 45/03/18 | 45/03/27 | Detach | Iwojima - patrol duty | 66 | |
| 45/03/27 | 45/04/12 | escort convoy from Iwojima to Eniwetok, then sail to P.H. | 66 | ||
| 45/04/12 | 45/08/29 | P.H. - repairs, training | 66 | ||
| 45/08/29 | 45/09/0? | sail from P.H. to San Francisco | 66 | ||