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DE-351 Maurice J. Manuel
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
John C. Butler 1943/12/22
Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Tex.
1944/02/19 1944/06/30 1966/08
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Namesake: Pfc Maurice Joseph Manuel, SS, USMC; *1917/04/29, KIA 1942/11/10
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
45/01/2?     CortDiv78 joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
45/01/2? 45/02/19     sail from Panama to Manus   66 
45/02/19 45/08   75 Philippine Sea Frontier - convoy escort duty among Manus, Manila, Leyte, Okinawa, New Guinea   66 
45/03/03 45/03/08     escort convoy from Manus to Leyte   66 
45/03/13 45/03/19     sail from Leyte to Manus   66 
45/03/21 45/03/28     sail from Manus to Leyte   66 
45/06/26 45/08/31     escort s/s Winthrop Victory and AP General S.D. Sturgis from Manila to Tokio Bay   66 
45/09/01 45/09/08     sail from Tokio Bay to Okinawa > Leyte   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1957/10/30 decom., 1966/05/01 struck from Navy List
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