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USS Walke (ii) (DD 723)

Destroyer of the Sumner class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassSumner 
PennantDD 723 
Built byBath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down7 Jun, 1943 
Launched27 Oct, 1943 
Commissioned21 Jan, 1944 
End service30 Nov, 1970 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 30 May 1947.
Recommissioned 5 October 1950.
Decommissioned 30 November 1970.
Stricken 1 February 1974.
Sold 19 March 1975 and broken up for scrap. 

Noteable events involving Walke (ii) include:

12 Feb, 1944
USS Walke departs the Boston Navy Yard bound for Washington.

14 Feb, 1944
USS Walke arrives at Washington.

18 Feb, 1944
USS Walke departs Washington for shakedown at Bermuda.

19 Mar, 1944
USS Walke returns to the Boston Navy Yard for post-shakedown availability.

17 Apr, 1944
USS Walke departs Key West bound for Norfolk.

19 Apr, 1944
USS Walke arrives at Norfolk.

12 May, 1944
USS Walke departs Norfolk bound for New York.

13 May, 1944
USS Walke arrives at New York.

14 May, 1944
USS Walke departs New York bound for the United Kingdom to participate in the Normandy landings.

24 May, 1944
USS Walke arrives at Greenock, Scotland.

3 Jul, 1944
USS Walke departs the United Kingdom to return to the US east coast.

9 Jul, 1944
USS Walke arrives at the Boston Navy Yard.

26 Aug, 1944
USS Walke arrives at Norfolk.

30 Aug, 1944
USS Walke departs Norfolk bound for the Pacific.

25 Sep, 1944
USS Walke arrives at Pearl Harbour.

23 Oct, 1944
USS Walke departs Pearl Harbour bound for Ulithi.

5 Nov, 1944
USS Walke arrives at Ulithi. She departs the same day with TF 38.

22 Nov, 1944
USS Walke returns to Ulithi.

27 Nov, 1944
USS Walke departs Ulithi bound for San Pedro Bay, Philippines.

29 Nov, 1944
USS Walke arrives at San Pedro Bay, Philippines. She departs the same day to patrol in Leyte Gulf.

4 Dec, 1944
USS Walke returns to San Pedro Bay.

6 Dec, 1944
USS Walke departs San Pedro Bay to participate in the ladings at Ormoc Bay.

7 Dec, 1944
USS Walke takes of the crew and scuttles the heavily damaged US destroyer USS Mahan south-west of Ormoc Bay in position 10º50'N, 124º30'E. (see map)

8 Dec, 1944
USS Walke returns to San Pedro Bay.

13 Dec, 1944
USS Walke departs San Pedro Bay to participate in operations of Mindoro.

15 Dec, 1944
USS Walke arrives off Mindoro.

18 Dec, 1944
USS Walke returns to San Pedro Bay.

2 Jan, 1945
USS Walke departs San Pedro Bay to participate in the landings at Lingayen Gulf.

6 Jan, 1945
USS Walke is damaged by a Japanese kamikaze aircraft north of Lingayen Gulf in position 16º40'N, 120º10'E. (see map)

10 Jan, 1945
USS Walke departs the Lingayen Gulf area.

13 Jan, 1945
USS Walke arrives at San Pedro Bay.

15 Jan, 1945
USS Walke departs San Pedro Bay bound for the Admiralty Islands.

18 Jan, 1945
USS Walke arrives at Manus.

21 Jan, 1945
USS Walke departs Manus bound for the Mare Island Navy Yard.

6 Feb, 1945
USS Walke arrives at the Mare Island Navy Yard.

4 Apr, 1945
USS Walke completes her repairs at the Mare Island Navy Yard.

10 May, 1945
USS Walke arrives in the Okinawa area.

24 Jul, 1945
USS Walke departs the Okinawa area bound for Leyte, Philippines.

28 Jul, 1945
USS Walke arrives at Leyte, Philippines.

14 Aug, 1945
USS Walke departs Leyte, Philippines to join TF 38 in Japanese waters.

18 Aug, 1945
USS Walke joins TG 38.3 in Japanese waters.


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