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DE-261 Dionne
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Evarts -
Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston, Mass.
1943/03/10 1943/07/16 1947/06/12
scrap
Namesake: Ens Dionne
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/10/1?       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
43/10/1? 43/10/26     sail from Panama to P.H.   66 
43/10/26 43/11/15     P.H. - night RP duty   66 
43/11/15 44/01/12 Galvan   screen AO's group   66 
43/12/13 43/12/14     Esp. Santo   88 
44/01/12 44/02/04     P.H.   66 
44/02/04 44/03/01 Flint   convoy duty, harbor guard at Kwajalein   66 
44/03/12 44/04/08     MINY - overhaul   66 
44/04/08 44/05/10     escort convoy from west coast to Kwajalein, Eniwetok,then sail to P.H.   66 
44/05/10 44/06/01     P.H.  
44/06/01 44/06/25 Forage   land Saipan - patrol, screening and FS duty   66 
44/06/25 44/07/16     Eniwetok - replenish   66 
44/07/16 44/07/24 Forage   land Guam   66 
44/07/24 44/08/2? Forage   land Tinian   66 
44/09/03 44/09/23     P.H.   66 
44/09/23 44/10/08     escort garrison convoy from P.H. to Ulithi   66 
44/10/08 44/10/24     Ulithi - patrol and local escort duty   66 
44/11/1? 44/11/23     escort Salmon and AS-3 Holland from Saipan to P.H.   66 
44/11/23 45/01/20     P.H. - ASW exercises, amphibious training   66 
45/01/20 45/02/21     convoy duty P.H. <> Eniwetok   66 
45/02/21 45/03/07     escort garrison convoy from Eniwetok to Iwojima (via Saipan)   66 
45/03/07 45/03/20 Detach   Iwojima - patrol duty   66 
45/03/20 45/04/04     escort combat troop evacuating convoy from Iwojima to P.H.   66 
45/04/08 45/04/14?     sail from P.H. to San Francisco   66 
45/04/14? 45/06/0?     San Francisco - overhaul   66 
45/06/15 45/07/25     convoy duty from P.H. to Eniwetok, Ulithi   66 
45/07/25 45/09   30.8     66 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 6 Battle Stars
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