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DE-796 Major
United States Navy destroyer escort
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Buckley - | 1944/08/16 Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Tex. | 1944/10/23 | 1944/02/12 | 1973/11/27
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 45/02/2? |   |   |   | joinPac - Panama Canal |   66  |
| 45/04/0? | 45/04/2? |   |   | escort convoy from Hollandia to Leyte Gulf |   66  |
| 45/04/01 |   |   |   | Manus |   66  |
| 45/05 | 45/07/2? |   | 75 | Leyte Gulf - ASW, transport, convoy duty |   66  |
| 45/07/2? | 45/07/2? |   |   | escort LST convoy from Leyte to Okinawa |   66  |
| 45/08/01 | 45/08/07 |   |   | escort LST convoy frm Okinawa to Leyte |   66  |
| 45/08/07 | 45/08/17 |   |   | Leyte Gulf |   66  |
| 45/08/18 | 45/09/01 |   |   | escort convoy from Manila to Tokio Bay |   66  |
| 45/09/01 | 45/09/2? |   |   | Tokio Bay |   66  |
| 45/09/02 |   |   |   | Tokio Bay - surrender ceremony |   81  |