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DE-638 Willmarth
United States Navy destroyer escort
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Buckley - | 1943/06/25 Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, Cal. | 1943/11/21 | 1944/03/13 | 1968/07/01
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| Namesake: Ens Kenneth Willmarth, *1914/02/13 "M" division Vincennes 42/02/28-42/08/09 KIA 42/08/09 x Savo Is. | |||||
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| Camouflage: 44: Ms 21 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/05/31 | 44/06/09 | CortDiv40 | escort 4-ship convoy 2410 from San Francisco to P.H. | 66 | |
| 44/06/12 | 44/06/21 | escort convoy 4212-A from P.H. to Eniwetok (with DE-44, DE-42) | 66 | ||
| 44/06/21 | 44/06/26 | sail from Eniwetok to Blanche Harbor, Treasury Is. | 66 | ||
| 44/06/26 | 44/08/01 | local escort and patrol duty Solomons <> Treasury Is. | 66 | ||
| 44/08/01 | 44/08/05 | escort convoy from Treasury Is. to Dreger Harbor, New Guinea | 66 | ||
| 44/08/06? | 44/08/24 | Milne Bay - propeller repair | 66 | ||
| 44/08/24 | 44/08/25 | sail from Milne Bay to Blanche Harbor, Treasury Is. | 66 | ||
| 44/08/25 | gunnery duel with friendly freighter en route to Treasuries | 66 | |||
| 44/08/26 | 44/08/29 | escort AP-41 Stratford from Treasuries to Green Is. | 66 | ||
| 44/08/29 | 44/08/30? | escort AP-41 Stratford from Geen Is. to Emirau > Cape Torokina | 66 | ||
| 44/09/0? | 44/10/06 | Treasury Is. - training and local escort duty | 66 | ||
| 44/10/06 | 44/10/09 | sail from Treasury Is. to Hollandia | 66 | ||
| 44/10/12 | 44/10/31 | King2 | 77.7.1 | 66 | |
| 44/10/14 | 44/10/20 | King2 | 77.7.1 | Kossol Roads | 66 |
| 44/11/01 | 44/11/04 | escort convoy from Kossol Roads to Humboldt Bay | 66 | ||
| 44/11/06 | 44/11/13 | 78.4 | land Mapia Is. | 66 | |
| 44/11/13 | 44/11/17 | 78.14 | 66 | ||
| 44/11/18 | 44/11/28 | 78.14 | land Asia Is. | 66 | |
| 44/12/01 | 44/12/02 | CortDiv40 | sail from Hollandia to Seeadler Harbor | 66 | |
| 44/12/02 | 45/03/04 | ServRon4/CortDiv40 | Manus - local escort duty to Ulithi, Hollandia, Palaus | 66 | |
| 45/03/04 | 45/03/18 | Palaus - ASW patrols | 66 | ||
| 45/03/18 | 45/03/20? | sail from Palaus to Ulithi | 66 | ||
| 45/03/21 | 45/04 | Iceber | 54.1.6 | 86 | |
| 45/04/0 ? | 45/04/06 | Iceber | Okinawa - screening station A-27 | 66 | |
| 45/04/01 | Iceber | 54.3.1 | 66 | ||
| 45/04/06 | Iceber | Kerama Retto - rescue works for LST-447 | 66 | ||
| 45/04/07 | 45/04/09 | Iceber | Okinawa - screening duty | 66 | |
| 45/04/09 | 45/04/10 | Iceber | Kerama Retto | 66 | |
| 45/04/10 | 45/04/14 | escort 12 AP's from Okinawa to Guam | 66 | ||
| 45/04/14 | 45/06/28 | Guam - boiler repairs | 66 | ||
| 45/06/28 | 45/06/30 | sail from Guam to Ulithi, en route hunting sonar contact (with Trippe) | 66 | ||
| 45/07/03 | 45/08/2? | 30.8 | 66 | ||