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DE-32 Fleming
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Evarts - . .
Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, Cal.
1943/06/16 1943/09/18 1948/01/29
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Namesake: kpt. Richard E. Fleming - pil. VMSB-241 - KIA 42/06/06 - attack on Mikuma - CMH
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/10?? 44/01/0?     P.H. - training   66 
44/01/0? 44/01/16     sail from P.H. to Tarawa   66 
44/01/16 44/04     Tarawa - patrol & escort duty to Makin, Majuro, Funafuti, Kwajalein   66 
44/05/12 44/05/19     sail from Majuro to P.H.   66 
44/05/19 44/06/07     PHNY - overhaul   66 
44/06/07 44/06/27     sail from P.H. to Eniwetok, then escort convoy to Guam   66 
44/06/27 44/08/20     Guam - patrol and escort duty to Tinian, Eniwetok   66 
44/08/20 44/09     escort AP's from Guam to Saipan > P.H.   66 
44/09 44/10/0?     P.H. - submarine training and target duty   66 
44/10/0? 44/10/17     sail from P.H. to Eniwetok   66 
44/10/17 45/02     escort duty Eniwetok <> Ulithi   66 
45/01/13       sinking/prob I-362 320 nm NNE of Truk (12-08N, 154-27E)   85 
45/02/2? 45/03/0?     escort duty from Eniwetok to Guam, Saipan   66 
45/03/13 45/03/21     Ulithi   66 
45/03/21 45/04/17 Iceber 52.1.2     70 
45/04/17 45/04/2?     escort Natoma Bay from Okinawa to Guam   66 
45/04/2? 45/05/04     Guam   66 
45/05/04 45/05/08     escort Natoma Bay from Guam to Okinawa   66 
45/05/08 45/05/28 Iceber 52.1     66 
45/05/25   Iceber   rescued 11 survivors from LSM-135 and 20 from Bates   66 
45/05/28 45/07/06 Iceber   Okinawa   66 
45/07/06 45/07/2?     sail from Okinawa to west coast   66 
45/07/2? 45/09     west coast - overhaul   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 4 Battle Stars
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