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DE-343 Abercrombie
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 | 1943/11/08 Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Tex. | 1944/01/14 | 1944/05/01 | 1968/01/07
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| Namesake: Ens William Warner Abercrombie * 1914/0724 pil. VT-8 KIA 1942/06/04 - x Midway (NC, PUC) | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/08/01 | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | |||
| 44/08/11 | 44/08/22 | San Diego | 66 | ||
| 44/08/22 | 44/08/29 | sail San Diego > Hawaii | 66 | ||
| 44/08/29 | 44/09/19 | Hawaii area - training exercises with CVE | 66 | ||
| 44/09/19 | 44/09/30 | escort to Seeadler Harbor, Manus AP-146 General W.F. Hase | 66 | ||
| 44/10/14 | 44/11/03 | King2 | 77.4.2/CortDiv60 | 66 70 104 | |
| 44/10/25 | King2 | 77.4.2/CortDiv60 | xSamar | 66 70 | |
| 44/11/03 | 44/11/28 | Seeadler Harbor, Manus | 66 | ||
| 44/11/28 | 45/01/09 | Mike1 | 79.9 | sail Seeadler Harbor,Manus > Solomons | 66 |
| 45/01/? | escort convoy Biak > Mindoro, then sail to Ulithi | 66 | |||
| 45/01/09 | 45/01/? | escort convoy to Leyte > Biak | 66 | ||
| 45/02? | Ulithi - two weeks of rest & relaxation | 66 | |||
| 45/03/21 | 45/04/05 | Iceber | 51.1/CortDiv60 | 66 | |
| 45/03? | Leyte - train for Iceberg | 66 | |||
| 45/04/05 | 45/04/09 | Iceber | 51.29.4 | escort convoy | 66 |
| 45/04/09 | 45/04/11 | Saipan | 66 | ||
| 45/04/11 | 45/04/12 | sail Saipan > Ulithi | 66 | ||
| 45/04/13 | 45/04/17 | Iceber | 55.8 | 66 | |
| 45/04/17 | 45/06/14 | Iceber | Iceberg support, radar picketing, ASW patrols, lifeguarding,escorts | 66 | |
| 45/06/05 | Iceber | damaged in collision with Dyson at Kerama Retto (26-09N, 127-49E) | 85 | ||
| 45/06/14 | 45/06/18 | Iceber | 31.29.8 | escort convoy to Marianas | 66 |
| 45/06/18 | 45/06/30? | Saipan - refit, maintenance | 66 | ||
| 45/07/01 | 45/07/04 | sail Saipan > Okinawa | 66 | ||
| 45/07/06 | 45/07/31 | 32 | 66 | ||
| 45/07/31 | 45/08/08 | ASW + AA patrols | 66 | ||
| 45/08/08 | 45/08/11 | sail Okinawa > San Pedro Bay, Leyte | 66 | ||
| 45/08/11 | 45/08/20 | San Pedro Bay, Leyte - maintenance | 66 | ||
| 45/08/20 | 45/08/23 | sail San Pedro Bay, Leyte > Okinawa | 66 | ||
| 45/08/23 | 45/09/09 | Okinawa area | 66 | ||