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DE-342 Richard W. Suesens
United States Navy destroyer escort
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| John C. Butler | 1943/11/01 Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Tex. | 1944/01/11 | 1944/04/26 | 1972/06/13
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| Namesake: Lt(jg) Richard Wayne Suesens, NC, USN pil. VT-3; *1915/04/30, MIA 42/06/04 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/07/23 | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | |||
| 44/08/02 | 44/08/12 | San Diego | 66 | ||
| 44/08/12 | 44/08/19 | sail from San Diego to P.H. with TransDiv10 | 66 81 | ||
| 44/08/19 | 44/09/14 | P.H. - training | 66 81 | ||
| 44/09/1? | 44/09/22 | escort convoy PD-80-T from P.H. to Eniwetok | 66 | ||
| 44/09/30 | 44/10/06 | sail from Eniwetok to Manus | 66 | ||
| 44/10/10 | 44/11/04 | King2 | 77.4.2/CortDiv60/DF | 70 | |
| 44/10/14 | 44/10/22 | King2 | 77.4.24 | escort TG 78.6 from Manus to Leyte vicinity | 66 |
| 44/10/25 | King2 | 77.4.2/CortDiv60 | xSamar | 70 | |
| 44/11/04 | 44/11/26 | Manus - upkeep, maintenance | 66 | ||
| 44/12/31 | 45/01/17 | Mike1 | 79.2 | 66 | |
| 45/01/12 | 79.2 | damage(kami) off Lingayen Gulf (16-20N, 120-10E) rescuing Gilligan survivors (11 WIA) | 66 | ||
| 45/01/27 | 45/02/02 | Mike6 | 78.2 | land Nasugbu Bay, Luzon | 66 |
| 45/02/02 | 45/02/23 | resuply and casualty evacuation runs from Mindoro to Nasugbu Bay | 66 | ||
| 45/03/21 | 45/04/0? | Iceber | 51.5/CortDiv60 | 86 | |
| 45/03/26 | 45/04/1? | Iceber | 51.5/CortDiv60 | land Kerama Retto, then patrol duty there | 66 |
| 45/04/1? | 45/04/26 | Iceber | 51.5/CortDiv60 | patrol, AA, ASW duty in Kerama Retto - Okinawa area | 66 |
| 45/04/26 | 45/04/30 | Iceber | 53.6 | escort (+ Bunch, Charles Lawrence and William C. Cole) TransDiv104 Okinawa > Ulithi | 66 |
| 45/04/30 | 45/05/10 | Ulithi - availability | 66 81 | ||
| 45/05/10 | 45/06/19 | RP duty N of Ulithi | 66 81 | ||
| 45/05/20 | 45/05/27 | sail from Ulithi to Okinawa | 81 | ||
| 45/05/27 | 45/06/28 | Iceber | Okinawa - escort and picket duty | 66 | |
| 45/06/28 | 45/07/01 | sail from Okinawa to Leyte | 66 | ||
| 45/07/01 | 45/08/07 | Juneau | 32.1 | cover minesweeping operations off Okinawa | 66 |
| 45/08/07 | 45/09/22 | Okinawa - escort duty | 66 | ||