USS Renshaw (DD/DDE-499), a , was the third ship of the United States Navy

United States Navy

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 of that name, in honor of Commander William B. Renshaw

William B. Renshaw

William Bainbridge Renshaw was an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.-Biography:...

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Renshaw was laid down 7 May 1942 by the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company in Kearny, New Jersey

Kearny, New Jersey

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; launched

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 on 13 October 1942, sponsored by Miss Dorothy Lillian Renshaw; and commissioned

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 on 5 December 1942, with Lieutenant Commander

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 C. F. Chillingworth in command.
Following shakedown, Renshaw reported to the Pacific Fleet in the spring of 1943, and protected transport

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s in the Solomon Islands

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 area.