file created: 12/07/02 01:08:15 , last update: 12/21/00
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DE-397 Wilhoite
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Edsall - 1943/08/04
Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Tex.
1943/10/05 1943/12/16
Namesake: Thomas Mack Wilhoite, SS, USN, pil. VF-9; *1921/02/12, KIA 1942/11/08 over Port Lyautey, French North Africa
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
45/07/16       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
45/07/2? 45/08/05     sail from San Diego to P.H. (with CortDiv59)   66 
45/07/24       San Diego   66 
45/08/05 45/08/20     P.H. - training   66 
45/08/2? 45/09/0?     escort s/s Sea Sturgeon and AM Plarmigan from Saipan to Okinawa   66 
45/08/20 45/08/2?     sail from P.H. to Saipan   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1969/07/02 decom. and struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 1 Battle Star, PUC, NUC
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