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DE-348 Key
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 | Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Tex. | 1944/02/12 | 1944/06/05 | 1972/12/19
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| Namesake: Lt Key | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/11/1? | CortDiv76 | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | ||
| 44/11/1? | 44/12/27 | sail from Panama to Hollandia (via ???) | 66 | ||
| 45/01/01 | 45/02/06 | 5 escort runs from Hollandia to Leyte | 66 | ||
| 45/02/09 | 45/02/19 | ASW patrol E of Leyte Gulf | 66 | ||
| 45/02/19 | 45/03/14 | ASW patrol off Mindoro | 66 | ||
| 45/03/14 | 45/05 | Leyte, Polloc Harbor, Mondanao, Lingayen Gulf, Zamboanga, Jolo,Legaspi | 66 | ||
| 45/05/1? | 45/05/15 | escort LSM's, LCI's convoy to Davao Gulf | 66 | ||
| 45/05/15 | 45/05/17 | destroyed PT base at Piso Point, then returned to Davao | 66 | ||
| 45/05/17 | 45/06/11 | escort duty to Davao Gulf, Leyte Gulf, Legaspi | 66 | ||
| 45/06/11 | 45/06/14 | sail from Manila Bay to Morotai | 66 | ||
| 45/06/23 | 45/06/26 | screen LCI's to Tawi Tawi | 66 | ||
| 45/06/28 | 45/07/22 | Oboe6 | 78 | land Balikpapan | 66 |
| 45/07/22 | 45/08/04 | sail from Balikapapan to Leyte Gulf | 66 | ||
| 45/08/04 | 45/08/22 | off Leyte | 66 | ||
| 45/08/22 | 45/08/31 | ASW patrol E of Ulithi | 66 | ||
| 45/08/31 | 45/09/08 | esocrt convoy from Leyte to Ulithi | 66 | ||