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DE-256 Seid
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Evarts - 1943/01/10
Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston, Mass.
1943/02/22 1943/06/11 1947/04/17
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Namesake: Ens Daniel Seid, naval aviator
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/09/01       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
43/09/01 43/09/29     escort convoy from Panama to Bora Bora, then sail to Noumea   66 
43/09/29 43/10/21     Noumea   66 
43/10/15 43/10/24     Esp. Santo   88 
43/11/05 43/11/09     Port Purvis, Tulagi   88 
43/11/25 43/11/25     Esp. Santo   88 
43/11/29 43/12/01     Esp. Santo   88 
43/12/05       attacking suspected submarine S of Tulagi   66 
43/12/17 43/12/17     Esp. Santo   88 
43/12/2? 44/01/01     Efate - repairs   66 
44/01/01 44/01/2?     Noumea - escort duty   66 
44/01/23 44/02     Port Purvis, Tulagi - repairs   66 
44/02 44/04/12     Guadalcanal, Savo Is., Esp. Santo, Noumea - escort duty   66 
44/04/12 44/04/25     sail from Solomons to P.H. > Mare Island   66 
44/04/25 44/06/02     MINY - overhaul, repairs   66 
44/06/02 44/06/08     sail from San Francisco to P.H.   66 
44/06/08 44/07/04     P.H.   66 
44/07/04 44/07/23     escort run P.H. > Eniwetok and back   66 
44/07/23 44/08/08     P.H.   66 
44/08/08 44/08/16     escort convoy from P.H. to Eniwetok   66 
44/08/16 44/10/27 Stale2 30.7 HKG   70 
44/10/27 44/12/25   57     66 
44/11/01 44/11/02   57 sail to Kossol Roads   66 
44/11/03 44/11/12   57 Kossol Roads - repiars   66 
44/12/25 45/03/02   94.5.9 Carolines   66 
45/01/01 45/01/05   94.5.10 land Fais Is., Carolines   66  85 
45/02/01 45/02/10     Kossol Roads - availability   66 
45/02/23 45/03/02     escort 47-ship convoy from Eniwetok to Ulithi   66 
45/03/27 45/04/01 Iceber 51 escort TransRon15 from Ulithi to Okinawa   66 
45/04/01 45/04/04 Iceber 51.2.8     66 
45/04/04 45/04/09 Iceber   Kerama Retto - sound gtear repairs (unreparable)   66 
45/04/09 45/04/2? Iceber   patrol N of Okinawa   66 
45/05 45/05/21     Apra Harbor, Guam - repairs   66 
45/05/21 45/09   17.10 Guam - submarine escort and training ships   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1946/01/08 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 2 Battle Stars
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