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DE-634 Whitehurst
United States Navy destroyer escort
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Buckley - | 1943/03/21 Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, Cal. | 1943/09/05 | 1943/11/19 | 1971/04/28
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| Namesake: Ens Henry Purefoy Whitehurst, *1920/02/16 KIA 1942/08/09 onboard Astoria at x of Savo Is. | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/01/2? | 44/02/04 | sail from San Francisco to P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/02/07 | 44/02/23 | escort s/s George Ross, George Constantine, Robert Lusas to Esp. Santo | 66 | ||
| 44/02/23 | 44/03/22 | Esp. Santo, Naumea, again Esp. Santo | 66 | ||
| 44/03/22 | 44/03/3? | 30.? | land Emirau | 66 | |
| 44/04/0?? | 44/04/0?? | escort AP-104 President Monroe from Esp. Santo to Milne Bay | 66 | ||
| 44/04/1? | 44/05/17 | New Guinea - local escort duty | 66 | ||
| 44/05/17 | 44/05/2? | Straig | 75? | land Wakde | 66 81 |
| 44/05/2? | 44/05/2? | 72.2.9 | escort S-4 echelon to Humboldt Bay | 66 | |
| 44/05/25 | 44/06/0? | Horlie | 77 | land Biak | 66 |
| 44/06 | 44/10 | New Guinea - escort and training duty | 66 | ||
| 44/10/06 | 44/10/09 | sail from Treasuries to Hollandia | 66 | ||
| 44/10/12 | 44/11/14 | King2 | 77.7.1 | 66 | |
| 44/10/28 | King2 | 77.7.1 | sinking/prob I-45 120nm ENE of Surigao (10-10N, 127-28E) | 66 | |
| 44/11/2? | 44/11/25 | King2 | escort 12-ship convoy from Leyte to New Guinea | 66 | |
| 44/11/25 | 45/03 | New Guinea - escort duty to Philippines | 66 | ||
| 45/03/2? | 45/04/12 | Iceber | 54.1.6 | Okinawa - screening, patrol duty | 66 |
| 45/04/06 | 45/04/09 | Iceber | 54.1.6 | Kerama Retto - patrol | 66 |
| 45/04/12 | Iceber | 54.1.6 | damage(kami) 10nm SW of Kerama Retto (26-04N, 127-12E) 37 KIA, 37 WIA | 66 86 85 | |
| 45/04/12 | 45/04/2? | Kerama Retto - repairs | 66 | ||
| 45/04/2? | 45/05/10 | sail from Kerama Retto to P.H. | 66 | ||
| 45/05/10 | 45/07/25 | PHNY - repairs, conversion to floating power station | 66 | ||
| 45/07/25 | 45/08/1? | sail from P.H. to Luzon | 66 | ||
| 45/08/1? | 45/10 | Manila - supplied the City of Manila with power | 66 | ||