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DE-438 Corbesier
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
John C. Butler . .
Federal Shipb. & Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J.
1944/02/13 1944/03/31 1973/12
sold
Namesake: 1Lt Antoine Joseph Corbesier (USMC) *1837/01/22 +1915/03/26 For more than 40 years swordmaster of the Naval Academy Midshipmen
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/06/0?       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
44/06/0? 44/06/26     sail from Panama to P.H.   66 
44/07/02 44/08/09     2 convoy round trip from P.H. to Eniwetok and back   66 
44/08/29 44/09/16     Midway - screen cable ship   66 
44/09/16? 44/10/02     escort cable ship from Midway to Eniwetok > Saipan   66 
44/10/1? 44/10/20     escort AS-12 Sperry from Eniwetok to Guam   66 
44/10/12 44/11/11     Saipan - patrol and escort duty   66 
44/11/11 44/11/1?     escort army engineer dredge from Saipan to Leyte   66 
44/11/19 44/11/25     sail from Leyte to Ulithi   66 
44/11/25 45/03/18     Ulithi, Guam, Saipan, Kossol Roads, Manus - ASW and escort duty   66 
45/01/23       sinking/share (Conklin, Raby) I-48 25nm off Yap (09-45N, 138-20E)   66 
45/03/13     94.6.2/CortDiv65 Ulithi   100 
45/03/18 45/05/28 Iceber 50.8     66 
45/05/28 45/06/15 Iceber 30.8     66 
45/06/15 45/06/1?     sail from Okinawa to Saipan   66 
45/06/28 45/07/04     sail from Saipan to Okinawa   66 
45/07/04 45/09/24     Okinawa - ASW duty   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 2 Battle Stars
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