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USS Woodworth

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48: 1557: 33: 1788: 1478: 1502: 1833: 157: 1266:. She spent 22 and 23 June on radar picket duty off Okinawa and departed the Ryukyus on 24 June, bound for Leyte Gulf. She underwent tender availability from 1 to 10 July when she turned her attention to screening the fueling and replenishing of TF 38 (Fast Carrier Force) and devoted the remainder of July to assisting logistic operations for the Fast Carrier Force during strikes on the main islands of Japan. 1490: 1418: 1042:
sustained numerous superficial damages as a result of a mid-refueling collision. First Class Quartermaster L. G. Chacona, while manning the wheel during the exercise, struggled against a port-ward drift until the ship veered off course enough to cause the hawser line, whose usage was discontinued as
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got underway as TU 94.18.12 on 15 January for gunnery practice. She was boarded by Capt. W. P. Burford and staff and served as a station ship for gunnery practice off Kossol Roads, Palau, throughout February. On 12 March, Captain Burford relieved Commander D. E. Brown as CTU 94.6.21. Thus,
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was on a picket station 12 miles (19 km) east of the formation when she was attacked by Japanese torpedo planes at 1815. She fired at several planes but failed to score any hits. The ship sustained heavy weather damage and expended 160 rounds of 5-inch ammunition, 100 rounds of
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was hit by a torpedo and sustained heavy damage. A third day of strikes against Formosa on 14 October summoned three waves of air attacks by the Japanese. Friendly fighters intercepted and repelled the first two strikes. The third wave consisted of eight or nine enemy aircraft;
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arrived at San Francisco on 14 August 1944, but sailed the following day for Pearl Harbor, where she arrived on 20 August for more than one month of training exercises. On 30 September, she entered Ulithi Atoll for antisubmarine patrol; and, on 7 October, she joined TG 38.1.
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fishtailed at various times to avoid shells from the shore batteries. Two enemy ships were sunk in the harbor, and one other was damaged and left burning. The American warship also set numerous barges afire in Steffen Strait and engaged Japanese shore batteries.
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On 15 October, TG 38.1 began preparations for attacks on Japanese installations in the Philippines. The first of these occurred on 18 October at Luzon, Philippine Islands. These attacks continued through the end of the month to support the first phase of
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fired torpedoes at two ships leaving Simpson Harbor and later at large groups of ships in Kervia Bay. She also fired her guns at targets near Timber Point and Cape Gazelle. On 24 February, while conducting an antishipping sweep along
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conducted patrol and escort operations between Espiritu Santo and Guadalcanal until 7 October when she joined TF 38. Following training exercises, she departed Espiritu Santo on 29 October with TF 38 organized around the carriers
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to pick up mail and passengers for the Fast Carrier Force. She joined in the refueling and replenishment of the flattops on 18 August. On 22 August, she was then assigned to a task unit organized around
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underwent repairs until 6 June. The following day, while conducting air strikes on Miyako Retto of Sakishimo Gunto, two undetected enemy planes closed the formation and made suicide dives on the
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inscribed – stands on a plinth in front of the naval school of Cala Chiesa, La Maddalena, Sardinia. After being used for sometime for educational purposes at La Maddalena, she was taken to the
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conducted training exercises, escort missions, antisubmarine searches, and barge-hunting operations throughout the Solomon Islands. She fired at enemy positions and encountered no opposition.
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next underwent tender availability and took patrol station off Mugai Channel at the entrance to Ulithi Harbor on 25 April. She took part in escort and gunnery exercises with
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The destroyer underwent an overhaul and refresher training exercises until 21 July when she joined TG 12.1 and steamed to Hawaii on a presidential cruise with the destroyers
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departed Espiritu Santo to carry a deck cargo of 1,500 rounds of 5-inch (127 mm) projectiles and 1,500 rounds of 5-inch powder charges to Port Purvis near Tulagi.
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departed Port Purvis with Buchanan on 22 March, bound for Pearl Harbor. She joined TG 35.6 with a merchant convoy of five ships off Guadalcanal and proceeded to
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got underway for Okinawa and left that island on 6 October, bound for home with 50 men and eight officers embarked as passengers for the voyage. She arrived in
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a result of the accident, connecting the two bows to snap. Soon after the fuel lines also snapped causing a fuel spill over the decks. As the boats collided,
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claimed to have shot down three: "Two planes were seen to burst into flames. It was a pretty sight." All the planes destroyed were credited to the use of
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and another destroyer also joined the force on 5 February. The month of February was devoted to patrolling and escorting transports in waters between the
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entered port at Espiritu Santo on 21 March and the following day commenced tender availability. On 3 April, she headed back to the Solomons, arriving at
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s maneuvers enabled her to avoid the torpedoes, and she suffered only one personnel casualty and mere superficial damage from three machine gun hits.
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became the station ship for the Ulithi Surface Patrol and Escort Group and participated in search and rescue operations for the remainder of March.
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was also hit and exploded. Nothing could be seen of that destroyer but a 300-foot (91 m)-high column of smoke. Damage control efforts for
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and encountered ineffective return fire from the shore. She conducted escort and patrol operations between the northern Solomons and the
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spent the remainder of April and early May in tactical training exercises, escort, and patrol in waters between the New Hebrides and
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spent the remainder of 1942 performing escort duty in the Southwest Pacific area. She stopped at many ports between Australia and
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which was charged with providing air coverage for the first occupation force to go to the Japanese homeland. On 5 September,
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on 5 July 1943 to participate in the first landing operations there. Later that day, she headed for Port Purvis. On 11 July,
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escorted transports carrying reinforcements to Guadalcanal and helped to screen TF 10—consisting of two carriers, three
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was hit and suffered the loss of 23 men. Several snoopers later approached the task force and were taken under fire,
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patrolled the transport anchorage area southwest of Okinawa on 9 May; the following day, she escorted the carrier
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s guns accounted for one while she and her sister ships sustained no casualties or damage. On 14 and 15 February,
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on 29 November 1941; sponsored by Mrs. Selim E. Woodworth, niece and daughter-in-law of Commander Woodworth; and
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was attached to Task Force (TF) 65 in January 1943, conducting patrols and exercises at the western entrance to
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fired four torpedoes, and a fifth misfired. During the action, she was struck a glancing blow to the stern by
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shot down one plane which crashed in flames after passing over the fantail. During the action, the cruiser
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harbor and there joined a task unit consisting of six CVEs and nine escorts. From 10 May through 28 May,
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on 14 January 1951 and overhauled to prepare her for transfer to Italy. Her name was struck from the
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fired 38 rounds of 5-inch/38-caliber at the merchant vessel which was closed and sunk by DesDiv 24.
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training duty. Placed in full commission on 21 November 1950, the ship was briefly assigned to the
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joined in an attempt to rescue a downed pilot, but he was dead when help arrived. On 14 August,
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returned to Espiritu Santo on 13 March and joined TF 15 organized around the aircraft carrier
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underwent tender availability until 11 January. The next day, she assisted in the rescue of
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until 13 January when she joined Destroyer Squadron (Des Ron) 12 and, with the destroyers
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took part in firing practices and replenishment until 10 September when she anchored in
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on 10 October, and the planes later raided Japanese installations at Aparri, northern
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on 5 and again on 11 November before becoming detached from TF 38 on 14 November.
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On 30 June, while escorting amphibious forces to Rendova Island, Solomon Islands,
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to the north. The Japanese force consisted of one cruiser and five destroyers.
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On 13 July, as part of Task Group (TG) 36.1, Woodworth took part in the
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to Pearl Harbor to discuss future strategy in the Pacific with Admiral
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returned to the port of Salerno for repairs before returning to duty.
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then screened transports steaming from Espiritu Santo to Guadalcanal.
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then screened a five-ship convoy to Ulithi on 2 January 1945. There,
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sailed for Guadalcanal on 16 November in the escort of the transport
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in 1981. On 27 May 1983, she was once again taken in tow out of the
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fired five salvoes at a Japanese tent camp on the northwest tip of
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spent November in screening exercises, antisubmarine patrol at
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took part in daily air strikes on Okinawa. On 28 May, she and
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and the New Hebrides. After escorting transports to the
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in November and proceeded through the Panama Canal to
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In late 1944, while refueling at sea from the carrier
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After four months spent in fitting out and shakedown,
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and sunk by an experimental torpedo by the submarine
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The destroyer 1423:This article incorporates text from the 1291:was ordered to proceed independently to 19:For other ships with the same name, see 1473: 1076:s task group launched an air strike on 1051:sustained only a hole from puncture of 1242:to Kerama Retto, Okinawa Shima, where 1084:. On 12 October, the first strikes on 27: 1359:before she was decommissioned at the 877:, conducted an antishipping sweep of 257:347 ft 9 in (105.99 m) 153: 44: 7: 946:cleared Pearl Harbor and steamed to 781:took part in the bombardment of the 1130:was torpedoed and heavily damaged. 723:were futile, and she was scuttled. 265:36 ft 1 in (11.00 m) 1256:supported air strikes on Okinawa; 1141:'s liberation of the Philippines. 1062:being nicknamed "The Can-Opener". 777:On the evening of 8 January 1944, 727:suffered no personnel casualties. 669:, but failed to sink the Japanese 536:. Four bombs dropped close aboard 273:17 ft 4 in (5.28 m) 84:Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation 14: 1831: 1786: 1555: 1500: 1488: 1476: 1416: 605:bombarded Japanese positions on 155: 46: 31: 1159:, and escorted a convoy to the 746:. They launched air attacks on 285:(69.6 km/h; 43.3 mph) 1016:on 8 August, and proceeded to 621:sailed for Tulagi, touched at 1: 1432:. The entry can be found 1336:Post War and the Italian Navy 521:and then resumed her patrol. 1921:Ships built in San Francisco 1456:Destroyer History Foundation 1058:s port anchor, resulting in 641:, along with the destroyers 524:On 7 April, while escorting 1008:. President Roosevelt left 950:. She was drydocked at the 331:6 × depth charge projectors 1952: 1936:Woodworth political family 1349:Charleston, South Carolina 477:, and four destroyers. An 149:Transferred to Italy, 1951 18: 1890: 1864: 1283:to Ulithi. On 12 August, 930:From 1 through 21 March, 548:. 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Index

Italian ship Artigliere
USS Woodworth (DD-460) in 1944
Selim E. Woodworth
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
San Francisco
California
Benson-class
destroyer
Artigliere-class
destroyer
long tons
t
knots
5-inch 38 caliber
1.1 in (28 mm)
20 mm
depth charge
21 inch (533 mm)
torpedo tubes
Benson-class
destroyer
United States Navy
World War II
Commander
Selim E. Woodworth
laid down
San Francisco, California
Bethlehem Steel Company
launched
commissioned

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