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DE-536 Bivin
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
John C. Butler
Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston, Mass.
1943/12/07 1944/10/31
Namesake: S1/c Vernard Eugene Bivin, NC(posth) *1921/11/23 KIA 42/10/12 onboard Salt Lake City in x Cape Esperance
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
45/02/? 45/03/20     sail from Panama to Manus   66 
45/02?       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
45/03/2? 45/04/0?     escort convoy from Kossol Roads to Leyte   66 
45/04/0? 45/08/2?     Philippines - patrol and convoy duty   66 
45/08/2? 45/11     convoy duty Philippines <> Okinawa   66 

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