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DE-370 John L. Williamson
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
John C. Butler 1944/05/22
Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Tex.
1944/08/29 1944/10/31 1946/06/14
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Namesake: SM1/C John Leo Williamson * 1921/11/05 gunner San Francisco - KIA 42/11/12 Navy Cross posthumously
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WW II combat actions:
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45/01/ ??       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
45/01/19 45/01/28     San Diego   66 
45/02/ 45/03/02     P.H. area - training exercises   66 
45/03/02 45/03/20     P.H. - escort convoy P.H. > Eniwetok > Iwojima   66 
45/03/20 45/03/24     ASpatro off Iwojima   66 
45/03/24 45/03/28     sail Iwojima > Eniwetok   66 
45/03/28 45/04/05     ASpatro off Eniwetok   66 
45/04/05       sail to Majuro   66 
45/04/07? 45/04/24     Marshalls - fire support on Mili, Alu and other islands   66 
45/04/24 45/04/29     sail Majuro > Ulithi   66 
45/05 45/07/15     Ulithi area - picket duty   66 
45/07/15 45/07/21     escort convoy Ulithi > Okinawa   66 
45/07/21 45/07/23     patro Okinawa area   66 
45/07/23 45/07/27     sail Okinawa > Ulithi   66 
45/08       escort convoy Ulithi > Okinawa and back   66 
45/08/15       Ulithi   66 
45/08/22       sail Ulithi > Okinawa > Japan   66 

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