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DE-699 Marsh
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Buckley - 1943/06/23
Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, Mich.
1943/09/25 1944/01/12
Namesake: Ens. Benjamin Raymond Marsh Jr., *1916/10/11 KIA 41/12/07 onboard Arizona
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/10/1?       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
44/10/1? 44/12/20     sail from Panama to Eniwetok   66 
44/12/20 45/05     convoy duty among Eniwetok, Guam, Saipan, Ulithi, Iwojima   66 
45/05 45/08/11   Northern Marianas Exped. Forces /FF     66 
45/08/11 45/08/31     sail from Marianas to Okinawa > Marianas > Tokio   66 
45/08/31 45/09/24     sail from Tokio to P.H.   66 

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Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 1 Battle Stars
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