DE-639 Gendreau

file created: 12/07/02 00:27:44 , last update: 12/22/00 [BACK TO SHIPS INDEX]

Class	Laid down, Shipyard	Launched	Commissioned	Disabled and Why
DE-639 Gendreau United States Navy destroyer escort
Buckley -	1943/08/01 Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, Cal.	1943/12/12	1944/03/17	1973/09/11 scrap
Namesake: Cap E.A.M. Gendreau
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44: Ms 32/11d

From	Till	Operation	Force	Action	Source
WW II combat actions:
44/05/23	44/05/29			escort convoy from San Francisco to P.H.	66
44/05/29	44/06/18			P.H. - training duty	66
44/06/18	44/07/26			2 round trips from P.H. to Eniwetok	66
44/07/26	44/09/08			P.H. - ASW duty	66
44/09/08	44/09/19			escort convoy from P.H. to Emirau	66
44/09/13				damage(collision with Breton) during refueling	66
44/09/19	44/10/01			Seeadler Harbor, Manus - repairs	66
44/10/01	44/10/04			sail from Manus to Tulagi	66
44/10/04	44/10/27			Tulagi - training with PT's	66
44/10/27	44/10/29			sail from Tulagi to Russell Is.	66
44/10/29	44/11/01			escort landing crafts from Russells to Torokina, then back to Russells	66
44/11/0?	45/03			SoPac - escort and ASW duty, training	66
44/11/01	44/11/02			sail from Russells to Tulagi	66
45/03/07				Tulagi	66
45/03/11				Russells	66
45/03/21	45/04	Iceber	53.6		86
45/04/01	45/04/22	Iceber		Okinawa - screening, patrol duty	66
45/04/22	45/04/27			escort convoy from Okinawa to Saipan	66
45/04/27	45/05/02			sail from Saipan to Okinawa	66
45/05/02	45/05/07			escort convoy from Okinawa to Ulithi	66
45/05/07	45/05/23			Ulithi	66
45/05/23	45/05/29			escort convoy from Ulithi to Okinawa	66
45/05/29	45/06/10	Iceber		Okinawa - local escort duty	66
45/06/10		Iceber		damage(coastal battery) off Okinawa	85
45/06/10	45/07/13			Kerama Retto, Buckner Bay - repairs	66
45/07/13	45/09		95		66
45/07/31	45/08/12			escort Pennsylvania to Guam, then sail back to Okinawa	66

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1972/12/01 struck from Navy List
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