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DE-383 Mills
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Edsall - 1943/03/26
Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Tex.
1943/05/26 1943/10/12 1975/03/12
scrap
Namesake: Ens Lloyd E. Mills, *1917/07/03, KIA 42/07/30
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
45/06/1?     CortDiv23 joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
45/06/1? 45/07/08     sail from Panama to Adak   66 
45/07/08 45/08/29     Alaska - weather station, plane guard, and escort duty   66 
45/08/29 45/09/09   44 Japan occupation   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1974/08/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 1 Battle Star
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