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DE-224 Rudderow
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Rudderow - 1943/07/15
1943/10/14 1944/05/15 1969/11/01
struck
Namesake: Thomas Wright Rudderow, *1885/08/08, KIA onboard PY-26 Cythera during U-402 attack
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/10/23     CortDiv74 joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
44/11/21 45/01/08     Humboldt Bay, New Guinea - coastal escort duties   66 
45/01/08 45/01/21 Mike1   escort landing crafts convoy to Lingayen Gulf   66 
45/01/21 45/02/07 Mike1   Lingayen ASW screen   66 
45/02/07       escort landing craft to Subic Bay   66 
45/02/09 45/02/13     escort LST's, LCT's and 1 AO from Lingayen to Leyte   66 
45/02/21 45/02/24     assist damaged Renshaw, escort her to San Pedro Bay   66 
45/02/24 45/03/30 Vict4 78.1 land Zamboanga   66 
45/03/25 45/03/28     escort convoy from Palawan to Zamboanga   66 
45/03/28 45/03/30     sail from Zamboanga to Mangarin Bay, Mindoro   66 
45/03/30 45/04/1?     Mangarin Bay - ASW duty   66 
45/04/1? 45/04/2?     Leyte   66 
45/05/05   Oboe1 78 land Tarakan   66 
45/05/05 45/05/06 Oboe1 78 escort ATR-64 and PT boat drydock from Tawi-Tawi to Tarakan   66 
45/05/06 45/05/08 Oboe1 78 patrol off Tarakan   66 
45/05/08 45/05/11   78 escort resupply convoys from Morotai to Borneo   66 
45/05/12 45/05/13     tow damaged PBM to Tawi-Tawi   66 
45/05/19       Halmahera   66 
45/05/2? 45/06     San Pedro Bay, Leyte - repairs   66 
45/06/0? 45/06/18     escort resupply convoys to Morotai and Panay   66 
45/06/18     75     66 
45/07/27 45/08/01   75 escort reinforcements to Okinawa   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1969/11/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 2 Battle Stars
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