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Waller

CountryUnited States
Ship ClassFletcher-class Destroyer
BuilderFederal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, United States
Laid Down12 Feb 1942
Launched15 Aug 1942
Commissioned1 Oct 1942
Decommissioned1 Jan 1946
Displacement2,050 tons standard; 2,924 tons full
Length376 feet
Beam40 feet
Draft14 feet
MachineryGeneral Electric geared turbines with two screws
Power Output60,000 shaft horsepower
Speed38 knots
Range6,500nm at 15 knots
Crew273
Armament5x5" guns, 4x1.1" anti-aircraft, 4x20mm anti-aircraft, 10x21" torpedo tubes
Recommission5 Jul 1950
Second Decommission15 Jul 1969

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Waller Operational Timeline

1 Oct 1942 Waller was commissioned into service.
30 Jun 1943 Cruisers USS Montpelier, USS Denver, USS Cleveland, and USS Columbia in column with destroyers USS Renshaw, USS Philip, USS Saufley, USS Waller, and USS Pringle bombarded Japanese shore installations in the Buin-Shortlands area of southern Bougainville, Solomon Islands.
6 Jul 1943 Destroyers USS Renshaw, USS Philip, USS Saufley, USS Waller, and USS Pringle arrived in the southern Solomon Islands and began operating out of Tulagi.
7 Jul 1943 The day after the Battle of Kula Gulf, a second cruiser force consisting of cruisers USS Montpelier, USS Denver, USS Cleveland, and USS Columbia and destroyers USS Renshaw, USS Philip, USS Saufley, USS Waller, and USS Pringle departed Tulagi on a night patrol up the New Georgia Sound (the "Slot").
10 Jul 1943 Cruisers USS Montpelier, USS Denver, USS Cleveland, and USS Columbia and destroyers USS Renshaw, USS Philip, USS Saufley, USS Waller, and USS Pringle departed Tulagi on a night patrol up the New Georgia Sound (the "Slot").
12 Jul 1943 In the early morning darkness, cruisers USS Montpelier, USS Denver, USS Cleveland, and USS Columbia and destroyers USS Renshaw, USS Philip, USS Saufley, USS Waller, and USS Pringle conducted a bombardment of Japanese installations in the Munda area on New Georgia in the Solomon Islands.
15 Jul 1943 Destroyers USS Renshaw, USS Philip, USS Saufley, USS Waller, and USS Pringle made a nighttime, flank-speed sortie from Tulagi to Doveli Cove on Vella Lavella in the Solomon Islands.
18 Jul 1943 Destroyers USS Lang, USS Stack, USS Saufley, USS Waller, and USS Pringle made a nighttime patrol up the New Georgia Sound in the Solomon Islands (the "Slot") to the area of Kolombangara. The "Black Cat" patrol plane covering the destroyers reported three Japanese patrol boats in the Vella Gulf off the west coast of Kolombangara. The destroyers engaged the patrol boats with intense gunfire with unobserved results.
26 Oct 1943 Off Guadalcanal, a task group was formed consisting of destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, and USS Cony, minesweepers USS Conflict, USS Daring, and USS Adroit, and 10 troop landing ships (LCIs). The task group departed bound for the Treasury Islands south of Bougainville.
28 Feb 1944 Destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, USS Philip, USS Renshaw, USS Conway, USS Pringle, USS Eaton, and USS Sigourney departed Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands bound for Cape St. George on New Ireland on a bombardment sortie.
29 Feb 1944 After refueling at the Treasury Islands, destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, USS Philip, USS Renshaw, USS Conway, USS Pringle, USS Eaton, and USS Sigourney shelled the Japanese radar station on Point St. George on New Ireland and then set a course for Borpop Airfield area.
1 Mar 1944 Destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, USS Philip, and USS Renshaw shelled the Japanese airfield at Borpop on New Ireland and then set a course for Nabuto Harbor. At Nabuto Bay, the ships shelled harbor installations and shore batteries before retiring at high speed toward Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands.
2 Mar 1944 Destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, USS Philip, and USS Renshaw arrived at Tulagi, Solomon Islands.
4 May 1944 Destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, USS Renshaw, USS Pringle, and USS Philip departed Tulagi, Solomon Islands bound for Funafuti. Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu).
5 May 1944 On 6 May 1944, destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, USS Renshaw, USS Pringle, and USS Philip reset their logs to 5 May 1944 local date and arrived at Funafuti. Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu).
6 May 1944 Destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, USS Renshaw, USS Pringle, and USS Philip departed Funafuti, Ellice Islands (now Tuvalu) bound for Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i and they crossed the 180th meridian later that day.
7 May 1944 Destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, USS Renshaw, USS Pringle, and USS Philip crossed the equator northbound.
10 May 1944 While transiting from Funafuti, Ellice Islands to Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i, destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, USS Renshaw, USS Pringle, and USS Philip were diverted to an area about 85 miles north of their track to investigate a sighting of a possible Japanese submarine.
11 May 1944 Destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, USS Renshaw, USS Pringle, and USS Philip spent the day searching for the Japanese submarine believed to be in this area. Several sound contacts were made but no targets could be developed. Due to fuel shortages, Waller, Saufley, Pringle, and Philip resumed course for Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i while Renshaw remained until relieved by USS McCalla 7 hours later.
12 May 1944 Destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, USS Pringle, and USS Philip, and later USS Renshaw separately, arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i.
24 Aug 1944 Destroyer USS Saufley and the convoy she was screening arrived at Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i. Saufley rejoined with destroyers USS Waller, USS Philip, USS Renshaw, and USS Conway and departed Pearl Harbor bound for San Francisco, California, United States.
30 Aug 1944 Destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, USS Philip, USS Renshaw, and USS Conway arrived at San Francisco, California, United States for scheduled overhauls. Waller entered General Engineering and Drydock Company in Alameda, Saufley entered Bethlehem Steel Company in San Francisco, Philip entered Moore Drydock Company in Oakland, Renshaw moored at San Francisco's Pier 20 North where work was performed by the United Engineering Company, and Conway entered the United Engineering Company yard in Alameda.
27 Nov 1944 US Navy Task Group 77.2 consisting of battleships USS Maryland, USS West Virginia, USS Colorado, and USS New Mexico, cruisers USS Denver, USS St. Louis, USS Columbia, USS Minneapolis, and USS Montpelier, destroyers USS Nicholas, USS Waller, USS Eaton, USS Cony, USS Mustin, USS Conway, USS Pringle, USS Lang, USS Sigourney, USS Saufley, USS Aulick, USS Renshaw, USS Taylor, USS Edwards, and USS Mugford, tanker USS Caribou, and other patrol craft were patrolling in Leyte Gulf, Philippines when the group came under a concentrated Japanese special air attack from 20 to 30 aircraft. All but two of the Japanese planes dived on the formation in the sustained attack. Submarine chaser SC-744 was sunk and battleship Colorado and cruisers St. Louis and Montpelier were damaged.
28 Nov 1944 Beginning late the night before, destroyers USS Waller, USS Saufley, USS Renshaw, and USS Pringle transited the Surigao Strait and bombarded shore targets in Ormoc Bay, Leyte. Upon retiring shortly after midnight, the destroyers detected a Japanese submarine on the surface. All destroyers opened fire with their 5-inch/38 caliber guns and the submarine sank by the stern (some sources suggest this was submarine I-46 but others content Yu-2 is more likely). The destroyers then returned through the Surigao Strait into Leyte Gulf.
29 Nov 1944 US Navy Task Group 77.2 consisting of battleships USS Maryland, USS West Virginia, and USS New Mexico, cruisers USS Denver, USS Columbia, USS Minneapolis, USS Montpelier, and USS Portland, destroyers USS Nicholas, USS Waller, USS Cony, USS Conway, USS Pringle, USS Lang, USS Saufley, USS Aulick, USS Renshaw, USS Edwards, USS Mugford, and USS Connor, and other patrol craft were patrolling in Leyte Gulf, Philippines when the group came under a Japanese air attack where special attack aircraft damaged Maryland, Saufley, and Aulick.
3 Jun 1945 Destroyers USS Waller and USS Saufley departed Morotai, Molucca Islands escorting a convoy bound for Brunei Bay, British North Borneo. The convoy included tugs towing fuel barges so the group made slow headway.
14 Jun 1945 Destroyers USS Waller and USS Saufley and the convoy they were escorting arrived at Brunei Bay, British North Borneo.
3 Sep 1945 Cruisers USS St. Louis and USS Nashville screened by destroyers USS Robinson, USS Waller, and USS Saufley departed Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippines bound for Okinawa.
6 Sep 1945 Cruisers USS St. Louis and USS Nashville screened by destroyers USS Waller, and USS Saufley arrived at Buckner Bay, Okinawa.
1 Jan 1946 Waller was decommissioned from service.




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