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DE-585 Daniel A. Joy
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Rudderow -
Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Mass.
1944/01/15 1944/04/28
Namesake: PhM2/c Daniel Albert Joy, NC, *1918/10/11 KIA 42/10/05
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44: Ms 22


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/10       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
44/11/2? 45/04/23     convoy duty among New Guinea, Manus, Lingayen Gulf, Mindoro   66 
44/11/20 44/11/25     escort (with Lough) Wasatch from Humboldt Bay to Leyte   66 
45/04/23 45/08/10     Manila Bay - local escort and ASW duty   66 
45/05/14 45/05/??     patrol Leyte Gulf entrance   81 
45/08/10 45/09/21     convoy duty Manila Bay <> Okinawa   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 2 Battle Stars
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