file created: 12/07/02 00:18:42 , last update: 07/17/00
[BACK TO SHIPS INDEX]

DE-439 Conklin
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
John C. Butler . .
Federal Shipb. & Drydock Co., Newark, N.J.
1944/02/13 1944/04/21 1972/05
sold
Namesake: George Emerson Conklin *1921/01/03, USMC, NC KIA 42/10/05 on Guadalcanal
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage:


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
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 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 3 Battle Stars
Notice: