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USS Abner Read DD-526 |
Type: |
Destroyer |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Bethlehem Steel Corp. San Francisco, California, USA |
Hull Number: |
DD-526 |
Ordered: |
September 9, 1940 |
Commissioned: |
February 5, 1943 |
Keel Laid: |
October 30, 1941 |
Decommissioned: |
N/A |
Launched: |
August 18, 1942 |
Stricken: |
N/A |
Fate: |
Sunk Nov. 1, 1944 by Kamikaze. Location: Letye Gulf, 26 miles E by S of Dulag, Leyte Island, Philippines. (10.47N-125.22E) 24 men lost. (Roll of Honor) |
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Commanding Officers |
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Feb. 5, 1943 |
Oct. 14, 1943 |
Commander Thomas Burrowes, USN |
Oct. 14, 1943 |
Oct. 1, 1944 |
Commander Thomas B. Hutchins III, USN |
Oct. 1, 1944 |
Nov. 1, 1944 |
Commander Arthur M. Purdy, USN |
Awards |
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Combat Action Ribbon |
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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4 battle stars) |
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Engagement |
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May 11, 1943 |
May 22, 1943 |
Aleutians operation: Attu occupation |
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Apr. 22, 1944 |
Apr. 23, 1944 |
Hollandia operation: Aitape-Humboldt Bay-Tanahmerah Bay |
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May 17, 1944 |
Western New Guinea operations: Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area operation |
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Oct. 20, 1944 |
Oct. 24, 1944 |
Leyte operation: Leyte landings |
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World War II Victory Medal |
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Philippine Liberation Ribbon |
Page published Apr. 16, 2017 |