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DE-340 O´Flaherty
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
John C. Butler 1943/10/04
Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Tex.
1943/12/14 1944/04/08 1973/11/27
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Namesake: Ens Frank Woodrow O´Flaherty - pil. VS-6 MIA 42/06/04
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44/06: Ms 32/22d


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/06       off New England  
44/06/2??       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
44/07/20 44/07/26     escort Ruydyerd Bay from P.H. to Majuro   66 
44/07/26 44/07/3?     escort convoy from Majuro to Tarawa > Eniwetok   66 
44/08/0? 44/08/04     escort Santee from Eniwetok to Guam   66 
44/08/1? 44/10/1?     convoy duty Eniwetok <> Manus   66 
44/08/12       Eniwetok   88 
44/10/03 44/10/05     rescued 12 crewmembers from PBM   66 
44/10/26          
44/10/26 45/12   HKG/CortDiv64 San Francisco <> P.H. with Corregidor, then Makassar Strait, Wake Is.   66 
44/12/15 44/12/27     escort Wake Island from P.H. to Manus   66 
44/12/30 45/01/2? Mike1 77.4.3     70 
45/02/10 45/03/14 Detach 52.2.1     70 
45/03/21 45/05/29 Iceber 52.1.1     70 
45/04/29 45/05/03     sail from Okinawa to Guam   69 
45/05/28 45/06/22 Iceber 32.1.1     66 
45/06/15   Iceber 32.1.1 damaged in collision with Block Island (26-00N, 128-00E)   85 
45/07 45/08     RP and auxiliary escort duty   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1972/12/01 struck from Navy List
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