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DE-409 La Prade
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
John C. Butler 1943/11/18
Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Tex.
1943/12/31 1944/04/20 1973/01/15
scrap
Namesake: 1Lt Robert M. La Prade, USMC, ; *1916/08/04, KIA 1943/01/20 on Guadalcanal
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/07/03       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
44/07/25 44/09/08     P.H. - ASW, screening and escort duty   66 
44/09/08 44/09/1?     sail from P.H. to Eniwetok   66 
44/09/1? 44/10/09 Stale2   patrol, escort and HKG duties off Eniwetok, Palau, Ulithi   66 
44/10/09 44/11     Eniwetok - escort and patrol duty   66 
44/11/ 45/03     convoy escort duty to Leyte, Manus, Ulithi   66 
44/11/12       escort Canberra II to Manus - detached to aid distressed PBM   66 
45/0 ??       assist AVP Casco in attack on midget SS in entrance to Kossol Roads   66 
45/03/13     94.6.2 Ulithi   100 
45/03/30 45/04/0?     sail from Ulithi to Okinawa to join TG 50.8   66 
45/04/0? 45/05/28 Iceber 50.8     66 
45/05/28 45/06/26 Iceber 30.8     66 
45/06/26 45/09/23     patro and escort duty   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1972/01/15 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 1 Battle Star
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