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DE-644 Vammen
United States Navy destroyer escort
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Buckley - | 1943/08/01 Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, Cal. | 1944/05/21 | 1944/07/27 | 1971/02/18
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| Namesake: Ens Clarence Earl Vammen, *1919/10/17, pilot VT-6 from 42/04/28, MIA 42/06/04 x Midway | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/10/13 | 44/10/21 | escort s/s Phillipa from San Francisco to P.H. | 66 | ||
| 44/10/21 | 44/12/1? | P.H. - ASW and escort training | 66 | ||
| 44/12/1? | 44/12/27? | escort s/s Cuhman Davis P.H. to Funafuti > Esp. Santo, then sail back | 66 | ||
| 44/12/27? | 45/01/09 | P.H. - plane guard duty for Bataan | 66 | ||
| 45/01/09 | 45/01/16 | escort s/s Exira from P.H. to Eniwetok | 66 | ||
| 45/01/16 | 45/01/23 | sail from Eniwetok to Johnston Is. (01/20) > P.H. | 66 | ||
| 45/01/30 | 45/02/07 | escort convoy PD-278-T (APA's Montrose, Mountrail) P.H. > Eniwetok | 66 | ||
| 45/02/10 | 45/02/17 | sail from Eniwetok to P.H., en route join escort of Kitkun Bay | 66 | ||
| 45/02/22 | 45/03/02 | convoy PD-310-T (APA's Meriwether, Menard, Allendale) P.H. > Eniwetok | 66 | ||
| 45/03/05 | 45/03/09 | escort 10-ship convoy from Eniwetok to Ulithi > Kossol Roads | 66 | ||
| 45/03/11 | 45/03/13 | escort LSV Ozark, s/s Westward Ho from Kossol Roads to Leyte | 66 | ||
| 45/03/14 | 45/03/18 | Leyte Gulf entrance - patrol | 66 | ||
| 45/03/18 | 45/03/25 | San Pedro Bay, Leyte - tender availability (AD-21 MArkab) | 66 | ||
| 45/03/25 | 45/04/01 | Iceber | 51.14.2 | 66 | |
| 45/04/01 | 45/04/08 | Iceber | 55.6 | Okinawa - screening duty | 86 |
| 45/04/01 | Iceber | 55.6 | damage(depth charge) (26-18N, 127-29E) | 86 | |
| 45/04/08 | 45/04/14 | escort LSTGrp17 from Okinawa to Leyte | 66 | ||
| 45/04/14 | 45/04/17 | San Pedro Bay, Leyte - SL radar repairs, propeller change | 66 | ||
| 45/04/2? | 45/04/2? | escort LSTGrp41 from Leyte to Okinawa | 66 | ||
| 45/05/02 | 45/06/03 | Iceber | Okinawa - screening duty | 66 | |
| 45/05/05 | Iceber | search for reported submarine (with Haloran) | 66 | ||
| 45/05/19 | damaged in collision with AO Cimarron in Kimmu Bay, Okinawa (26-24N, 127-53E) | 85 | |||
| 45/06/03 | 45/06/08 | escort convoy Okinawa > Leyte | 66 | ||
| 45/06/08 | 45/06/1? | San Pedro Bay, Leyte - repairs, availability | 66 | ||
| 45/06/1? | 45/07/0? | Lingayen Gulf - screening and local escort duty | 66 | ||
| 45/07/0? | 45/07/15 | sail from Lingayen Gulf to Ulithi > Okinawa | 66 | ||
| 45/07/15 | 45/07/22 | Okinawa | 66 | ||
| 45/07/22 | 45/08/0? | Buckner Bay, Okinawa - patrol | 66 | ||
| 45/08/0? | 45/08/0? | sail from Okinawa to Ulithi | 66 | ||
| 45/08/0? | 45/08/12 | sail from Ulithi to Okinawa | 66 | ||
| 45/08/13 | 45/08/18 | escort convoy from Okinawa to Ulithi | 66 | ||
| 45/08/27 | 45/08/31 | escort convoy UOK-52 from Ulithi to Okinawa | 66 | ||