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DE-440 McCoy Reynolds
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
John C. Butler 1943/11/18
Federal
1944/02/22 1944/05/02 1957
sold
Namesake: Pvt McCoy Reynolds, SS, USMC; *1916/09/23, KIA 1942/11/25 defending Henderson Field, Guadalcanal
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/07/26       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
44/08/06       arrived San Diego   66 
44/08/13 44/08/19     screen troop and supply convoy from San Diego to P.H.   66 
44/09/03 44/09/2? Stale2 32     66 
44/09/2 ? 44/09/28     sail from Palau to Guam   66 
44/09/26       sinking I-175 NE of Palaus (09-14N, 136-40E)   85 
44/09/28 44/10/2?   57 Guam - convoy and escort duty   66 
44/10/2? 44/10/3?   30.8     66 
44/11/11 44/11/14     escort 2 troopships from ? to Leyte Gulf   66 
44/11/14 44/11/18     escort (with Conklin) 35 ship convoy from Leyte towards Humboldt Bay   101 
44/11/18       leave convoy, arrived Kossol Passage   101 
44/11/19       patro: sinking/share(Conklin) I-177 off Palau (08-07'N., 134-16'E.)   66 
44/12 45/03/2?   94 Carolines, Marianas - convoy escort and ASW duties   66 
45/01/11 45/01/13   94 ASW patrol off Yap - shell Yap   81  85 
45/03/13     94.6.2 Ulithi   100 
45/03/26 45/05/28 Iceber 50.8     66 
45/05/12 45/05/14 Iceber 50.8 escort damaged Bunker Hill from Okinawa to Ulithi   66 
45/06 45/10     Okinawa - ASW and AA patrols, escort duty   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1968/11/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 4 Battle Stars
Notice: sold to Portugal > Conte Real; discarded 1968/10/21