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DE-361 Walton
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 | 1944/03/21 Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Tex. | 1944/05/20 | 1944/09/04 | 1969/08/07
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| Namesake: Sgt Merrit Cecil Walton, NC, USMC; *1915/12/18, KIA 1942/08/07 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/12/07 | CortDiv85 | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | ||
| 44/12/22 | Bora Bora, Society Is. | 66 | |||
| 45/01/0? | 45/01/2? | Hollandia - refit, alternations - twin 40mm repaced by quad | 66 | ||
| 45/01/21 | 45/01/31 | escort large convoy from Hollandia to Leyte | 66 | ||
| 45/02 | 45/04 | convoy escort duty between Hollandia, Lingayen Gulf, Kossol Passage, Palaus, Midnanao | 66 | ||
| 45/04/2? | 45/04/3? | patrol between Homonhon Is. and Dinagat | 66 | ||
| 45/05 | Manila, Leyte, Hollandia | 66 | |||
| 45/05/2? | CortDiv85 | ASW patrols along W Luzon coast | 66 | ||
| 45/05/2? | assist Brill in sinking AO off Cape Calavite, Mindoro | 66 | |||
| 45/07/28 | 45/08/0? | departed Subic Bay for ASW sweep NE of Luzon (with Rolf and Munro) | 66 | ||
| 45/08/0? | 45/08/2? | Subic Bay | 66 | ||
| 45/08/2? | 45/08/2? | escort AO Chepachet to fueling point with TF 38 | 66 | ||
| 45/09/02 | arrived Buckner Bay, Okinawa | 66 | |||