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DE-259 William C. Miller
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 1943/07/02 1947/04/10
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Namesake: ARM3/c Wiiliam Cicero Miller, *1919/07/18 KIA 41/12/07
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/09/03       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
43/09/03 43/09/12     sail from Panama to San Diego   66 
43/09/15 43/09/24     San Francisco   66 
43/09/24 43/09/3?     escort convoy Nr.4796 from San Francisco to P.H.   66 
43/10/0? 43/10/19     San Francisco   66 
43/10/19 43/12/30 Galvan 54.9    
43/12/30 44/01     P.H. - tender (AD Black Hawk) availability, training   66 
44/01/29 44/02/08 Flint   land Kwajalein, Majuro   66 
44/02/17 44/03/02 Flint   land Eniwetok   66 
44/06/26 44/08/10 Forage   land Saipan   66 
44/07       HKG of Saipan   66 
44/07/14   Forage   sinking/prob RO-48 75 nm W of Saipan (15-18N, 144-26E)   66 
44/07/14       sinking/share(Gilmer) I-6 70 nm W of Saipan (15-18N, 144-26E)   66  85 
44/08/10 44/08/21 Forage   land Tinian   66 
44/08/21 44/08/24     escort Indianapolis from Tinian to Eniwetok   66 
44/08/24 44/09/02     sail from Eniwetok to P.H.   66 
44/09/02 44/10/2?     P.H.   66 
44/10/2? 44/10/3?     sail from P.H. to Eniwetok   66 
44/11/05 44/11/10     escort convoy UE-19 from Ulithi to Eniwetok   66 
44/11/10 44/11/13     Eniwetok   66 
44/11/13 44/11/24     escort convoy Nr.21 from Eniwetok to P.H.   66 
44/11/24 45/02/06     PHNY - ordnance repairs   66 
45/02/06 45/03 Detach 51.6.2     66 
45/04/0? 45/06/13     P.H., San Diego, San Francisco   66 
45/06/13 45/06/19     sail from San Diego to P.H.   66 
45/06/2? 45/07/06     escort convoy from P.H. to Eniwetok   66 
45/07/11 45/07/20     sail from Eniwetok to join TG 30.8   81 
45/07/20 45/08/1?   30.8    
45/08/2 ? 45/08/26     sail from Ulithi to Tokio Bay   66 
45/08/26 45/09     Tokio Bay  

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1946/01/08 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 7 Battle Stars
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