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DE-797 Weeden
United States Navy destroyer escort
Class Laid down, Shipyard LaunchedCommissioned Disabled and Why
Buckley - 1943/08/18
Consolidated Steel Corp., Ltd., Orange, Tex.
1943/10/27 1944/02/19 1969/10/27
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Namesake: Ens Carl Alfred Weeden, *1916/04/14 KIA 41/12/07 onboard Arizona
TTD differences from class:
Camouflage: 44: Ms 22, 45: Ms 32/30d


WW II combat actions:
From Till Operation Force Action Source
45/02/07       joinPac - Panama Canal   66 
45/02/07 45/02/22     sail from Panama to Galapagos (02/10) > Bora Bora   81 
45/02/22 45/02/23     Bora Bora - refuel   81 
45/02/23 45/03/08     sail from Bora Bora to Russell Is. (03/05) > Manus   81 
45/03/08 45/09   75     66 
45/03/08 45/03/16   75 Seeadler Harbor, Manus   66  81 
45/03/18 45/03/20   75 sail form Manus to Leyte   81 
45/03/23 45/03/25   75 escort convoy from Leyte to Ulithi (4 tugs, each with 2 tow)   81 
45/03/25 45/04/03   75.2.23 slow convoy from Ulithi to Leyte   81 
45/04     75 round trip Leyte > Hollandia > Leyte   66 
45/04/09 45/04/12   75 sail from Leyte to Hollandia   81 
45/04/18 45/05/01     escort tug towing drydock from Hollandia to Leyte   81 
45/05/03 45/05/08   75 mail trip to Zamboanga(04), Mindoro(05), Iloilo, Manila, Subic Bay(06)   66 
45/05/08 45/05/15   75 patrol duty outside Leyte Gulf   81 
45/05/16 45/05/27   75 Leyte Gulf - boiler repairs, supplies loading   81 
45/05/28 45/06/06   75 patrol duty outside Leyte Gulf, then escort AGC Ancon to Subic Bay   66  81 
45/06/07 45/06/08   75 Subic Bay   81 
45/06/08 45/0609   75 sail from Subic Bay to Leyte   81 
45/06/09 45/06/12   75 escort convoy from Leyte to Manila   81 
45/06/13 45/06/14   75 sail from Manila to Leyte   81 
45/06/16 45/06/20   75 mail run to Cebu (16), Zamboanga (17), Palawan, Iloilo (18)   81 
45/06/20 45/06/30   75 Leyte Gulf   81 
45/06/30 45/07/03   75 escort merchant from Leyte to Ulithi   81 
45/07/04 45/07/08   75 sail from Ulithi to Leyte   81 
45/07/10 45/07/13   75 escort convoy from Leyte to Ulithi   81 
45/07/20 45/07/24   75 escort convoy from Ulithi to Leyte > Manila   81 
45/07/24 45/07/27   75 Manila   81 
45/07/27 45/08/04   75 escort convoy from Subic Bay to Okinawa   66 
45/08/06 45/08/08   75 sail from Okinawa to Subic Bay   66  81 
45/08/14 45/08/16   75 sail from Subic Bay to Leyte   81 
45/08/16 45/08/25   75 Leyte Gulf   81 
45/08/25 45/08/27   75 sail from Leyte to Manila   81 
45/08/29 45/09/05   75 escort convoy Manila > Okinawa   81 

Ship status, hull number changes...: 1968/06/30 struck from Navy List
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