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DE-416 Melvin R. Nawman
United States Navy destroyer escort
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| John C. Butler | 1944/01/03 Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Tex. | 1944/02/16 | 1944/05/16 | 1973/10/03
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| Namesake: 2ndLt Melvin R. Nawman, AM, USMC, pil. VMSB-132; KIA 1942/11/01 attacking "Tokio Express" | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/07/2? | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | |||
| 44/08 | 44/10/16 | P.H. - ASW, HKG training | 66 | ||
| 44/08/21 | 44/08/30 | escort (with William C. Cole and Samuel B. Roberts) convoy from P.H. for Marshalls | 66 | ||
| 44/10/16 | 44/11 | King2 | 30.7 | HKG | 70 81 |
| 44/12/18 | 30.7 | typhoon(damage - lost mast) | 70 | ||
| 45/02/10 | 45/03/03 | Detach | 50.7.1 | 70 | |
| 45/02/22 | Detach | 50.7.1 | damaged in collison with LST-807 off Iwojima (24-46N, 141-1E) | 85 | |
| 45/03/21 | 45/05 | Iceber | 52.1.1 | 70 66 | |
| 45/05 | 45/07 | Guam - escort duty | 66 | ||
| 45/07 | 45/09 | 30.8 | 66 | ||