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DE-419 Robert F. Keller
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 | 1944/01/12 Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Tex. | 1944/02/01 | 1944/06/17 | 1973
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| Namesake: Ens Robert F. Keller, USN, pil. VP-43; *1918/01/16, MIA 42/06/14 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 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 | ||