DE-439 Conklin
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 | . . Federal Shipb. & Drydock Co., Newark, N.J. | 1944/02/13 | 1944/04/21 | 1972/05
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Namesake: George Emerson Conklin *1921/01/03, USMC, NC KIA 42/10/05 on Guadalcanal | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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44/07/1? |   |   |   | joinPac - Panama Canal |   66  |
44/07/1? | 44/07/30 |   |   | sail from Panama to P.H. |   66  |
44/08/17 | 44/08/2? |   |   | sail from P.H. to Eniwetok |   66  |
44/08/2? | 44/08/2? |   |   | escort CVE Kwajalein from Eniwetok to P.H. |   66  |
44/08/29 |   |   |   | shell US AK Dominican Victory because of unfamiliarity with recognition signals N of the Marshalls |   85  |
44/09/09 | 44/10/03 |   |   | convoy duty Kwajalein <> Eniwetok |   66  |
44/10/03 | 44/11/06 |   |   | Guam, Eniwetok, Saipan - plane guard & ASW duty, repairs |   66  100  |
44/10/2? | 44/11/04 |   |   | Saipan - guarding troopship |   100  |
44/11/06 | 44/11/11 |   |   | escort reinforcement convoy from Saipan to Ulithi |   66  |
44/11/11 | 44/11/14 |   |   | escort (with McCoy Reynolds) convoy from Ulithi to Leyte |   66  101  |
44/11/14 | 44/11/2? |   | HKG | HKG off Kossol Passage |   66  |
44/11/14 | 44/11/18 |   |   | escort (with McCoy Reynolds) 35 ship convoy from Leyte to Humboldt Bay |   101  |
44/11/18 |   |   |   | leave convoy, arrived Kossol Passage |   101  |
44/11/19 |   |   | HKG | sinking/share (McCoy Renolds) I-177 off Palau (08-07'N., 134-16'E.) |   66  |
44/12 | 45/01/21 |   |   | escort duty among Eniwetok, Ulithi, Guam |   66  |
45/01/21 | 45/02/14 |   | 94.6.2/HKG | off Ulithi |   66  |
45/01/23 |   |   | 94.6.2/HKG | sinking I-48/share (Corbesier, Raby) 25nm off Yap (09-45N, 138-20E) |   |
45/02/14 | 45/02/27 |   |   | sail from Ulithi to Palaus > Manus |   66  |
45/02/27 | 45/03 |   |   | Manus |   66  |
45/03/13 |   |   | 94.6.2/CortDiv65 | Ulithi |   100  |
45/03/20 | 45/05/28 | Iceber | 50.8 |   |   66  |
45/04/12 |   | Iceber | 50.8 | damage(kami) off Okinawa |   |
45/05/26 | 45/06/06 | Iceber | 30.8 |   |   66  |
45/06/05 |   | Iceber | 30.8 | damage(typhoon) off Okinawa (22-17N, 131-48E) - 1 KIA, 1 MIA, ? WIA |   66  |
45/06/17 | 45/07/0? |   |   | sail from Guam to Mare Island |   66  |
45/07/0? | 45/09?? |   |   | MINY - repairs, overhaul |   66  |