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DE-7 Griswold
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Evarts - . .
Boston Naval Shipyard, Boston, Mass. 		1943/04/28 1943/04/28 1946/11/27
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Namesake: Ens Donald T. Griswold - pil. VS-8 MIA 42/06/04
TTD differences from class:Ms 32
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
43/07       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
43/07 43/07/23     sail from Panama to Bora Bora   66 
43/07/23 44/04     SoPac - convoy duty   66 
43/08/15       Esp. Santo   88 
43/09/22       Tulagi   88 
43/09/28 43/09/30     Esp. Santo   88 
43/10/04 43/10/04     Port Purivs, Tulagi   88 
43/10/10 43/10/11     Esp. Santo   88 
43/11/27 43/11/28     Esp. Santo   88 
43/12/01 43/12/01     Esp. Santo   88 
43/12/06 43/12/06     Esp. Santo   88 
43/12/08 43/12/17     Esp. Santo   88 
43/12/24       patro: sinking I-39 off Lunga (09-23S, 160-09E)   66 
44/04/29 44/06     MINY - overhaul   88 
44/06 45/02     P.H. - convoy duty, training   66 
45/03/12 45/05/06   96.3/GF Eniwetok   66 
45/05/06 45/05/27     sail from Eniwetok to Okinawa   66 
45/05/27 45/06/29 Iceber   Okinawa - ASW duty   66 
45/06/29 45/07/0?     escort convoy from Okinawa to Leyte, then sail to Ulithi   66 
45/07/1? 45/09     Ulithi - screening duty   66 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1945/12/05 struck from Navy List
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 3 Battle Stars
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