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DE-697 George
United States Navy destroyer escort
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Buckley - | 1943/05/22 Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Mich. | 1943/08/14 | 1943/11/20 | 1970/10/12
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| Namesake: S2/c George | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 44/01/1? | CortDiv39 | joinPac - Panama Canal | 66 | ||
| 44/01/1? | 44/02/19 | escort merchant from Panama to Noumea | 66 | ||
| 44/02/19 | 44/05/16 | escort duty among Noumea, Manus, Esp. Santo, Guadalcanal | 66 | ||
| 44/05 | Purvis Harbor | ||||
| 44/05/16 | 44/06/04 | 30.4/CortDiv39 | HKG | 70 128 | |
| 44/05/31 | 30.4/CortDiv39 | sinking/share RO-115 NNW of Kavieng | 70 128 | ||
| 44/06/1? | 44/10/12 | ASW and escort duty among Esp. Santo, Solomons, Marshalls, Funafuti | 66 | ||
| 44/08/25 | 44/08/25 | Port Purvis, Tulagi | 88 | ||
| 44/10/12 | 44/11/2? | Sydney | 66 | ||
| 44/10/28 | 44/12 | solomons, New Guinea, Manus, Guam, Saipan - ASW and escort duty | 66 | ||
| 45/01 | 45/02 | convoy duty out of Ulithi | 66 | ||
| 45/02 | 45/03 | escoret duty Guam <> Iwojima | 66 | ||
| 45/05 | 45/08 | escort duty Okinawa <> Ulithi, Guam | 66 | ||
| 45/09/12 | surrender ceremony Truk | 66 | |||