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DE-395 Willis
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Edsall - 1943/07/17
Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Tex.
1943/09/14 1943/12/10 1973/08/17
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Namesake: Ens Walter Michael Willis, *1917/01/14, pil VB-6 KIA 41/12/07 over P.H.
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
45/07/19       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
45/07/19 45/07/26     sail from Panama to San Diego   66 
45/07/3? 45/08/07     sail from San Diego to P.H.   66 
45/08/07 45/08/20     P.H.   66 
45/08/20 45/08/30   12.5.1 sail from P.H. to Saipan   66 
45/08/31 45/09/03     escort AP-7 Wharton from Saipan to Eniwetok   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1972/07/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 1 Battle Star, PUC (Bogue HKG under CinCAtl)
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