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DE-24 Whitman
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Evarts - 1942/09/07
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Cal.
1943/01/19 1943/07/03 1948/03/20
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Namesake: Ltjg Whitman
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/09/11 43/09/20     escort convoy Nr. 2298 from San Francisco to P.H.   66 
43/09/20 43/10/0?     P.H.   66 
43/10/0? 43/10/2?     escort AV Pocomoke from P.H. to Canton Is. and Phoenix Is.   66 
43/11 43/12 Galvan 57.7/CortDiv11 Tarawa - patrol   66 
43/12 44/01/2?     P.H. - engine repairs   66 
44/01/2? 44/02/04 Flint 53.8.3 escort AO group from P.H. to Majuro   66 
44/02       convoy duty Marshalls <> Hawaii   66 
44/03/18 44/04/26     MINY - overhaul   66  88 
44/05/10 44/05/27     P.H.   66 
44/05/27 44/06 Forage 16.6.4     66 
44/07 44/10     Marshalls - local escort duty   66 
44/10 45/05     P.H. - submarine target duty   66 
45/02/23       rescued Fanshaw Bay pilot   66 
45/03/29 45/04/06     escort convoy PD-355T from P.H. to Eniwetok   66 
45/06 45/08/10   96.3 patrol and escort duty Eniwetok, Johnston Is., Kwajalein, Ulithi   66 
45/08/1? 45/08/16?     escort convoy UE123 from Ulithi to Eniwetok   66 
45/08/10 45/08/1?     escort convoy EU-172 from Eniwetok to Ulithi   66 
45/09/02       Eniwetok   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex BDE-24, 43/01/07 > DE-24, 1945/11/16 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 4 Battle Stars
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