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DE-31 Sederstrom
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Evarts - 1942/12/24
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Cal.
1943/06/15 1943/09/11 1947/11/24
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Namesake:
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 45: Ms 21


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/11/2? 43/12/01   CortDiv31 escort convoy from San Diego to P.H.   66 
43/12/01 43/12/24     P.H. - training, inter-islands escort duty   66 
43/12/24 43/12/27   16.25.9     66 
43/12/28 44/01/1?     Ellice Is. - escort AK's and LCT's among various islands in Ellice Grp   66 
44/01/1? 44/02/04     sail from Ellice Is. to Samoa, then escort merchants to Gilberts   66 
44/02/05 44/02/07     sail from Makin to Kwajalein   66 
44/02/07 44/02/25     Kwajalein - patrol duty   66 
44/02/25 44/03/10     escort AP Prince Georges from Kwajalein to Gilberts > P.H.   66 
44/03/10 44/03/25     P.H.   66 
44/03/25 44/04/0?     escort convoy from P.H. to Majuro   66 
44/04       Marshalls - escort duty   66 
44/05 44/05/29     P.H.   66 
44/05/29 44/06/16 Forage ReserveGrp2 sail from P.H. to Saipan   66 
44/06/16 44/06/22 Forage   off Saipan   66 
44/06/22 44/06/2? Forage   escort LST's, LCI's from Saipan to Eniwetok   66 
44/07/16 44/07/24 Forage   Saipan - screening and patrol duty   66 
44/07/24 44/07/29 Forage   land Tinian   66 
44/07/29 44/08/10     plane guard for Midway   66 
44/08/10 44/08/22 Forage GuamPatrol&EscortGrp/CortDiv31/GF,DF     66 
44/08/22 44/09/0?     sail from Guam to P.H.   66 
44/09/0? 44/10/08     PHNY - repairs, overhaul   66 
44/10/08 44/10/1?     escor convoy from P.H. to Ulithi   66 
44/11 45/02/1?     escort and convoy duty Eniwetok <> Ulithi   66 
45/02/2? 45/02/2?     escort run from Ulithi to Marianas   66 
45/03/0? 45/03/05 Detach 51 reinforcement convoy to Iwojima   66 
45/03/05 45/03/11 Detach 51 patrol off Iwojima   66 
45/03/12 45/03/1? Detach 51.29.19 escort convoy from Iwojima to Ulithi   66 
45/03/21 45/05/18 Iceber 52.1.2     70 
45/03/25   Iceber 52.1.2 damged in collision with Sangamon 135 nm SE of Nagagusuku Bay, Okinawa (25-00N, 130-00E)   85 
45/05/18 45/05/22     escort (with Brown) AGC Eldorado from Okinawa to Guam   66  81 
45/06/1? 45/06/24     escort convoy UOK-27 from Ulithi to Okinawa   66 
45/06/24 45/07/04     Hagushi, Okinawa - patrol duty   66 
45/07/05 45/07/26     sail from Okinawa to Puget Sound   66 
45/07/26 45/09     Todd Shipyard, Seattle - overhaul   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex BDE-31,43/06/04>DE-31, launched as Gillette, renamed 43/07/30,45/11/28
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 5 Battle Stars
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