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DE-43 Mitchell
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Evarts - 1943/01/12
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton
1943/08/01 1943/11/17 1946/12/11
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Namesake: Ens Albert E. Mitchell, naval aviator
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/02/02 44/02/10     escort 8 Liberty ships convoy from San Diego to P.H.   66 
44/02/10 44/06     P.H. - submarine training duty   66 
44/06/08 44/09   16.6 Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Manus, Ulithi - replenishment, harbor entrance   66 
44/08/09 44/08/17     Eniwetok   88 
44/09/22 44/09/29 Stale2 30.8 escort (with Wesson) AO Guadalupe from Manus to Palaus   66 
44/12/03       damage (whale) sound equipment   66 
44/12/1? 45/01     Ulithi - repairs (ARD-15)   66 
45/02/1? 45/03 Detach       66 
45/03 45/05 Iceber   Okinawa - escort and patrol duty   66 
45/06/30 45/07/06 Oboe6 78.4.1 land Balikpapan   66  21 
45/08 45/09   30.8     66 
45/09/02       Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony   81 

Ship status, hull number changes...: ex BDE-43,43/06/16>DE-43,43/06/23 named Mitchell, 45/12/29 struck from Navy
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 9 Battle Stars
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