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DE-588 Peiffer
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Rudderow - 1943/12/21
Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., Hingham, Mass.
1944/01/26 1944/06/15 1967/05/16
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Namesake: Ens. Carl David Peiffer, pil. VS-6 x Midway
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44: Ms 32/3d


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/10/1?     CortDiv71 joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
44/10/1? 44/11/07     sail from Panama to Manus   66 
44/11/1? 44/12     escort convoy from Hollandia to Leyte and back   66 
44/12/28 45/01/10 Mike1 78.5     66 
45/01/10 45/01/13 Mike1 79.14.2 sail from Lingayen Gulf to Leyte   66 
45/01/13 45/01/1? Mike1   escort LST's convoy from Leyte to Luzon   66 
45/01/20 45/08/10   75 Philippines - inter-islands escort, ASW duty   66 
45/07/2? 45/08/10   75 escort Block Island from Philippines to Guam   66 
45/08/10       Leyte   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1966/12/01 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 1 Battle Star
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