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DE-405 Dennis
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
John C. Butler . .
Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Tex.
1943/12/04 1944/02/30 1973
sold
Namesake: RM3/c Otis Lee Dennis *1913/03/25 KIA 42/02/01 in Kwajalein raid
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/05/29       joinPac - Panama Canal   81 
44/05/30 44/06/06     sail from Panama to San Diego (with Eversole)   81 
44/06/13 44/06/19     escort Windham Bay (with Eversole) from San Diego to P.H.   81 
44/06/19 44/07     escort convoy P.H. > Eniwetok, Kwajalein   81 
44/07/29       arrived Eniwetok   81 
44/08/09 44/08/14     escort CarDiv22 + St. Lo from Eniwetok to Manus   81 
44/08/26       Manus - submarine exercises with S-47, Eversole   81 
44/09/15 44/10/04 Trade 77.1.1 land Morotai   70 
44/10/10   King2 77.4.3     70 
44/10/25   King2 77.4.3 xSamar -damage   70 
44/10/28 44/10/31     Kossol Roads, Palaus   81 
44/10/31 44/11/26     sail Kossol Roads > San Francisco for overhaul   81 
44/12 45/01     Mare Island Naval Shipyard - overhaul   81 
45/02/16 45/03/08 Detach   patrol off Iwojima   81 
45/03/08 45/03/?     escort convoy Iwojima > Ulithi   81 
45/03/21   Iceber 52.1.1     70 
45/04/05   Iceber 52.1.1 lifeguard from Sangamon   81 
45/05/09 45/06/03 Iceber   radar picket duty off Ulithi   81 
45/06/30 45/09     escort duty betw. Ulithi, Okinawa, Philippines, New Guinea   81 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 4 Battle Stars, PUC (for Taffy 3)
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