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DE-421 Chester T. OŽBrien
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
John C. Butler
Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Tex.
1944/02/29 1944/07/03
Namesake: Sgt Chester T. OŽBrien, (USMC), SS *1897/08/01, KIA 43/01/24 on Guadalcanal
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/11/1?       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
44/12 45/04/20     convoy duty among Leyte, Manus, Palau, Philippines   66 
45/05/ 45/05/14     Hollandia   66 
45/05/14 45/05/2?     reinforcement landing at Davao   66 
45/05/20 45/06/12     Polloc Harbor, Mindanao - administrativo controll ship   66 
45/06/12 45/07/20     Zamboanga - amphibious training   66 
45/07/20       land Balut Is., Saragani Strait   66 
45/08/11 45/11     Philippines - convoy duty   66 

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