file created: 12/07/02 00:34:43 , last update: 05/31/02
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DE-742 Hilbert
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Cannon - . .
Western Pipe & Steel Co., San Pedro, Cal.
1943/07/18 1944/02/04 1973/10
sold
Namesake: Ens Ernest Lenard Hilbert, DFC, USN, VB-6 *1920/06/14, MIA 42/06/04
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WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
44/05/13 44/05/20     escort AP from San Francisco to P.H.   66 
44/06 44/08 Forage 50.17     66 
44/06/28       departed Eniwetok   88 
44/10 44/12 King2 30.8     66 
44/12   Love3 30.8 land Mindoro   66 
44/12/30 45/01/2? Mike1 30.8     66 
45/02 45/03 Detach 50.8     66 
45/03 45/05 Iceber 50.8     66 
45/06/05   Iceber   damage(typhoon) off Okinawa  
45/07 45/09   30.8     66 

Ship status, hull number changes...:
Ship score (awards, enemy ships credited...): 8 Battle Stars
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