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DE-508 Gilligan
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. | 1944/02/22 | 1944/05/12 | 1972/11/20
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| Namesake: John J. Gilligan | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/08/1? | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | |||
| 44/08/1? | 44/08/30 | escort LSD from Panama to P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/09/29 | 44/10/13 | escort merchant from P.H. to Majuro | 66 | ||
| 44/10/16 | 44/10/27 | escort merchant from Majuro to Kwajalein, shell Mille Atoll, Jaluit | 66 | ||
| 44/10/19 | shell Mille Atoll | 85 | |||
| 44/10/23 | shell Emidj Is., Jaluit Atoll | 85 | |||
| 44/10/27 | 44/11/01 | Majuro | 66 | ||
| 44/11/01 | 44/11/17 | escort merchant from Majuro to Eniwetok > Saipan, then sail to Ulithi | 66 | ||
| 44/11/17 | 44/12/04 | Ulithi | 66 | ||
| 44/11/20 | Ulithi - attacking midget SS | 66 | |||
| 44/12/0? | 44/12/31 | Manus - patrols to Bougainville | 66 | ||
| 44/12/04 | 44/12/0? | escort steamship from Ulithi to Manus | 66 | ||
| 44/12/31 | 45/01 | 79/A2 | 66 | ||
| 45/01/12 | 79/A2 | damage(kami) in Lingayen Gulf (16-20N, 120-10E) - 12 KIA, 12 WIA - assisted by Richard W. Suesens | 66 | ||
| 45/01/17 | 45/02 | San Pedro Bay, Leyte - repairs | 66 | ||
| 45/02/21 | 45/03/29 | PHNY - overhaul | 66 | ||
| 45/03/29 | 45/04/06 | escort convoy PD-355T from P.h. to Eniwetok | 66 | ||
| 45/04/06? | 45/04/17 | escort convoy from Eniwetok to Okinawa | 66 | ||
| 45/04/17 | 45/05/27 | Iceber | Okinawa - AA, ASW patrols | 66 | |
| 45/05/27 | damage(dud torpedo by kaiten from I-367) 4 nm N of Ie Shima, Okinawa (26-47N, 127-47E) | 66 85 | |||
| 45/06/25 | 45/07/06 | Ulithi | 66 | ||
| 45/07/06 | 45/07/2? | escort merchant from Ulithi to Leyte > Hollandia | 66 | ||
| 45/07/2? | 45/08/16 | 75 | Manila Bay | 66 | |
| 45/08/16 | 45/08/27 | escort merchant from Manila to Okinawa, then sail back | 66 | ||
| 45/08/29 | 45/09/25 | escort from Manila to Okinawa, then sail back to Manila | 66 | ||