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DE-681 Gillette
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Buckley -
Bethlehem Steel Co., Shipbuilding Div., Quincy,
1943/09/25 1943/10/27 1973/09/11
scrap
Namesake:
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Camouflage: 44: Ms 32/3d


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
45/05/05       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
45/05/05 45/05     sail from Panama to Bora Bora > Manus   66 
45/06/0? 45/06/17     escort convoy from Manus to Manila   66 
45/06/17 45/08/06     Philippines, Ulithi - patrol and escort duty   66 
45/08/06 45/08/17     sail to Okinawa, then escort convoy Okinawa > Subic Bay   66 
45/08/2?? 45/09     round trip Subic Bay > Tokio > Subic Bay   66 

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