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DE-22 Wileman
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Evarts - 1942/04/30
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Cal.
1942/12/19 1943/06/11 1947/06/23
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Namesake: Lt William Wolfe Wileman, pil. VF-6, VF-2
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/08/20 43/08/27     escort (with Fletcher) 3 ships convoy from San Francisco to P.H.   66 
43/09/03 43/09/2?     escort AP Wharton from P.H. to > Saoa > Noumea > Suva, Fiji   66 
43/09/2? 43/10/25     Ellice Is. - patrol and escort duty   66 
43/10/25 43/11/02     sail from Ellice Is. to P.H.   66 
43/11/02 43/11/24 Galvan   escort garrison convoy from P.H. to Makin   66 
43/11/24 43/12/2?     Gilberts, Phoenix, Ellice Is. - convoy and escort duty   66 
44/01/08 44/01/2?     P.H.   66 
44/01/2? 44/02/10 Flint   escort garrison convoy from P.H. to Kwajalein   66 
44/02/10 44/02/28     Kwajalein, Majuro - ASW patrols   66 
44/02/28 44/03/08     sail from Majuro to P.H.   66 
44/03/08 44/03/30     P.H. - gunnery drills   66 
44/03/30 44/04/18   11.1 HKG off Marshalls   66 
44/04/18 44/05/13   11.2 HKG off Marshalls   66 
44/05/13 44/05/27     P.H. - training duty   66 
44/05/27 44/06/04     escort AO convoy from P.H. to Eniwetok   66 
44/06/15 44/06/18     Majuro   66 
44/06/18 44/06/22 Forage   escort troop convoy from Majuro to Saipan   66 
44/06/22 44/06/26 Forage   Saipan   66 
44/06/26 44/06/30     sail from Saipan to Eniwetok   66 
44/06/30 44/07/2?     Eniwetok   66 
44/07/2? 44/08 Forage 50.17     66 
44/08/07       Eniwetok   88 
44/09/15 44/11/06     sail from Marianas to P.H. > San Francisco   66 
44/11/1? 44/11/21     escort 6 LSM's from San Francisco to P.H.   66 
44/11/21 45/01/05     P.H.-sound and gunnery training, gunnery school ship, submarine target   66 
45/01/05 45/01/21     round trip from P.H. to Majuro and back   66 
45/01/21 45/01/29     sail from P.H. to Terminal Is.   66 
45/01/31 45/04/1?     Terminal Is. - overhaul   66 
45/04/19 45/04/25     sail from Terminal Is. to P.H.   66 
45/04/25 45/06/22     P.H. - schooship, training, plane guard duty   66 
45/06/22 45/06/30     sail from P.H. to Eniwetok   66 
45/06/30 45/09/14   96.3 Marshalls   66 
45/08/03 45/08/2?   96.3 HKG off Kwajalein   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex BDE-22,43/01/25>DE-22,43/02/19 named Wileman,45/11/28 struck from Navy
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 4 Batte Stars
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