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DE-419 Robert F. Keller
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
John C. Butler 1944/01/12
Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Tex.
1944/02/01 1944/06/17 1973
sold
Namesake: Ens Robert F. Keller, USN, pil. VP-43; *1918/01/16, MIA 42/06/14
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/09/07       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
44/09/1? 44/10/01     escort 4 ship convoy from San Francisco to P.H.   66 
44/10/01     CortDiv72 P.H.   66 
44/10/16 44/11/2? King2 30.7/CortDiv72     66 
44/12/09 44/12/2? Love3 30.7/CortDiv72 land Mindoro   66 
44/12/18     30.7/CortDiv72 typhoon Cobra   70 
44/12/22     30.7/CortDiv72 rescued 4 Hull survivors   66 
44/12/30? 45/01/28 Mike1 30.7/CortDiv72     66 
45/01/03       damaged in collision with Sargent Bay during mail delivery exercise in Philippine Sea   85 
45/02/10 45/03/07 Detach 50.7.1     70 
45/03/21 45/04/27 Iceber 52.1.1     70 
45/04/30 45/05/0?     escort Anzio from Okinawa to Ulithi   66 
45/05/0? 45/05/10     escort San Francisco from Ulithi to Okinawa   66 
45/05/10 45/06/1? Iceber   Okinawa - convoy escort duty   66 
45/06/17 45/07/06     San Pedro Bay, Leyte - availability   66 
45/07/06 45/08/2?   30.7 ASW patrol off Honshu   66 
45/07/16     30.7 assist Lawrence C. Taylor in sinking I-13   66 
45/08/2? 45/09/0?     Guam   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1972/07/01 struck from Navy List
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