file created: 12/07/02 00:22:43 , last update: 12/28/00
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DE-27 Duffy
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Evarts -
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Cal.
1943/04/16 1943/08/05 1947/06/16
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Namesake: Ens Charles John Duffy, *1919/12/31, KIA 42/11/08 during naval Battle of Casablanca
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/10/02 43/10/1?     escort convoy from San Francisco to P.H.   66 
43/10/1? 43/11/10     P.H. - training   66 
43/11/10 43/11/17 Galvan   screen TG 50.1, 50.2   66 
43/11/17 43/12/15 Galvan 16.10.3 refueling duty for 5th Fleet units   66  81 
43/12/15 44/01/22     P.H.   66 
44/01/22 44/02/02 Flint   escort LST convoy from P.H. to Kwajalein   66 
44/02/04 44/02/08     escort empty transports from Kwajalein to Funafuti   66 
44/02/19 44/09/28     Solomons - escort and patrol duty   66 
44/09/28 44/10/25     escort and patrol duty Manus <> Ulithi   66 
44/10/25 44/11/30     Marianas - escort and patrol duty   66 
44/11/30 44/12/06     escort LST convoy from Saipan to Leyte   66 
44/12/06 44/12/13     Leyte   66 
44/12/27 45/05/27     Marianas, Majuro - patro and local escort duty   66 
45/05/17       air-sea rescue duty during Maloelap strikes   66 
45/05/29       shell Maloelap   66 
45/06/ 45/07/13     Majuro - patrol duty   66 
45/06/14       took prisoner 7 men from Mille Atoll garrison   66 
45/07/13 45/07/26     sail from Kwajalein to P.H. > San Francisco   66  81 
45/07/26 45/11     San Francisco   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex BDE-27,
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 2 Battle Stars
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