Chronology
These are highlights of Abbot’s career. All dates are Greenwich Mean Time. Refer to the ship’s log and World War II cruise book for details of wartime operations. See the official history for details of activities after 1950.
| Begin | End | Operation | Force/Unit | Action |
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| 21SEP1942 | Bath Iron Works | Keel laid | ||
| 17FEB1943 | Bath Iron Works | Abbot launched at Bath, Maine | ||
| 23APR1943 | Boston Navy Yard | Abbot commissioned under Commander Chester E. (Blackie) Carroll | ||
| 10MAY1943 | 11MAY1943 | Test runs off Maine coast | ||
| 18JUN1943 | Final inspection by Commander, Destroyers Atlantic Fleet; sail to Boston | |||
| 31JUL1943 | Search for German submarine survivors in Caribbean | |||
| 13AUG1943 | Lt. Cdr. Marshall Dornin relieves Cdr. Chester E. Carroll as commanding officer | |||
| 16AUG1943 | 06SEP1943 | Drydock for new shafts | ||
| 08SEP1943 | 09SEP1943 | Sail Boston → Norfolk, Va.; War cruise begins | ||
| 10SEP1943 | 16SEP1943 | Sail Norfolk, Va. → Panama Canal Zone | ||
| 17SEP1943 | Transit Panama Canal | |||
| 18SEP1943 | 26SEP1943 | Sail Panama Canal Zone → San Diego | ||
| 28SEP1943 | 02OCT1943 | Sail San Diego → Pearl Harbor, Hawaii | ||
| 18OCT1943 | Collision with aircraft carrier Cowpens off Hawaii | |||
| 19OCT1943 | 10DEC1943 | Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard – repairs | ||
| 21DEC1943 | 25DEC1943 | Sail Pearl Harbor → Funafuti, Ellice Islands | ||
| 25DEC1943 | First crossing of equator | |||
| 26DEC1943 | 22JAN1944 | Training in Funafuti area | ||
| 29JAN1944 | 09FEB1944 | Flint | 50.15/DesRon48/DesDiv95 | Occupation of Kwajelein and Majuro, Marshall Is.  |
| 09FEB1944 | ??FEB1944 | Patrol Kwajalein ←→ Majuro | ||
| 15MAR1944 | 7th Fleet | Southern Solomons – Escort convoys to Milne Bay & Cape Sudest | ||
| 21APR1944 | 01JUN1944 | Persecution | 78.2/DesRon48/DesDiv95 | Operations at Aitape; Humboldt Bay; and Tanahmerah, New Guinea |
| 07MAY1944 | 12MAY1944 | Sail → Espiritu Santo | ||
| 12MAY1944 | 10JUN1944 | Espiritu Santo area – Maintenance, training | ||
| 12JUN1944 | 04AUG1944 | Forage | 53.7/DesRon48/DesDiv95 | Occupation of Saipan and Guam, Marianas |
| 11AUG1944 | 28AUG1944 | Pearl Harbor – Repairs, relaxation, training | ||
| 14AUG1944 | Lt. Cdr. Francis. W. Ingling relieves Cdr. Marshall Dornin as commanding officer | |||
| 15SEP1944 | 03OCT1944 | Sail Eniwetok → Seeadler Harbor | ||
| 03OCT1944 | 14OCT1944 | Training in Manus area | ||
| 14OCT1944 | 20OCT1944 | King2 | 77 | Sail Seadler Harbor → Leyte Gulf, Philippines |
| 20OCT1944 | Advance scout duty; Lead convoy of transports into Leyte Gulf |
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| 21OCT1944 | 26OCT1944 | Escort convoy of transports Leyte Gulf → Hollandia | ||
| 26OCT1944 | 02NOV1944 | Hollandia | ||
| 02NOV1944 | 05NOV1944 | Escort convoy with transports Hollandia → Morotai | ||
| 05NOV1944 | 10NOV1944 | Morotai | ||
| 10NOV1944 | 15NOV1944 | Escort convoy Morotai → Leyte, Philippines | ||
| 15NOV1944 | 24NOV1944 | Dulag | ||
| 24NOV1944 | 29NOV1944 | Escort convoy Dulag → New Noumea, Hollandia | ||
| 29NOV1944 | 22DEC1944 | New Noumea, Hollandia | ||
| 22DEC1944 | 02JAN1945 | Escort convoy New Noumea, Hollandia → Leyte, Philippines | ||
| 04JAN1945 | 15JAN1945 | Mike1 | 77.4.2 | Lingayen Gulf landings |
| 01FEB1945 | 07FEB1945 | Mangarin Bay, Mindoro, Philippines | ||
| 07FEB1945 | Mangarin Bay, Mindoro – sail to Subic Bay, Philippines | |||
| 14FEB1945 | 28FEB1945 | Landings, Manila Bay and Corregidor, Philippines |
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| 17FEB1945 | 24FEB1945 | Subic Bay – replenishment, upkeep | ||
| 17FEB1945 | 17FEB1945 | Captured three Japanese soldiers swimming away from Corregidor | ||
| 24FEB1945 | 28FEB1945 | Vict3 | 74.2 | Landings at Palawan, Philippines |
| 28FEB1945 | 12JUN1945 | Operations in southern Philippines |
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| 28FEB1945 | 04MAR1945 | Subic Bay, Philippines | ||
| 04MAR1945 | 17MAR1945 | Vict4 | 78 | Landings at Zamboanga, Philippines |
| 17MAR1945 | 24MAR1945 | Subic Bay – upkeep | ||
| 24MAR1945 | 26MAR1945 | Vict2 | 74.3 | Landings at Cebu, Philippines |
| 26MAR1945 | Tender availability in San Pedro Bay, Philippines | |||
| ??APR1945 | 24APR1945 | Transport passengers & mail in Philippines | ||
| 24APR1945 | 08MAY1945 | Fire support in Cebu Harbor, Philippines | ||
| 08MAY1945 | 17MAY1945 | 78.3 | Landings at Macalajar Bay, Philippines | |
| 15MAY1945 | 12JUN1945 | Patrols, escort duty in Southern Philippines | ||
| 10JUL1945 | 09AUG1945 | 38.3/DesRon48/DesDiv95 | Raids on Japan home islands |
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| 14JUL1945 | 34.8.1/DesRon48/DesDiv95 | Bombardment of Kamaishi steel works, Honshu, Japan | ||
| 08AUG1945 | 38.3/DesRon48/DesDiv95 | Starboard propeller dropped off during high speed run off Japan | ||
| 09AUG1945 | 17AUG1945 | Escort damaged destroyer Borie → Saipan | ||
| 17AUG1945 | 18AUG1945 | Saipan – Drydocked for repairs | ||
| 18AUG1945 | Saipan – Sail Saipan → Puget Sound for repairs | |||
| 27OCT1945 | Navy Day in Anacortes, Washington | |||
| 21MAY1946 | Pacific Reserve Fleet | San Diego – Decommissioned and assigned to reserve fleet | ||
| 26FEB1951 | Naval Station San Diego | Recommissioned | ||
| APR1952 | OCT1952 | Sixth Fleet | Mediterranean cruise | |
| 01JUN1954 | 18DEC1954 | DesDiv242 | World cruise | |
| 01JUN1954 | DesDiv242 | Departed Newport, Rhode Island | ||
| 05JUN1954 | DesDiv242 | Arrived & departed Guantanamo Bay, Cuba | ||
| 07JUN1954 | DesDiv242 | Transited Panama Canal; arrived Balboa, Canal Zone (Rodman Naval Base) | ||
| 09JUN1954 | DesDiv242 | Departed Balboa, Canal Zone | ||
| 16JUN1954 | 18JUN1954 | DesDiv242 | San Diego | |
| 24JUN1954 | 26JUN1954 | DesDiv242 | Pearl Harbor, Hawaii Territory | |
| 29JUN1954 | 30JUN1954 | DesDiv242 | Midway Island | |
| 02JUL1954 | DesDiv242 | Crossed international dateline at 29°15”N | ||
| 07JUL1954 | 16JUL1954 | DesDiv242 | Yokosuka, Japan and cruise off Korea | |
| 20JUL1954 | TG 70.2 | Arrived off Subic Bay, Philippines. Operated as part of a fast carrier task group off island of Hainan, China, and Indochina. Ship recommended for China Service Medal (extended). | ||
| 31JUL1954 | 04AUG1954 | TG 70.2 | Subic Bay, Philippines | |
| 11AUG1954 | DesDiv242 | Detached from TG 70.2 | ||
| 17AUG1954 | 21AUG1954 | DesDiv242 | Yokosuka, Japan | |
| 22AUG1954 | 26AUG1954 | TG 96.7 | Antisubmarine training. | |
| 27AUG1954 | 04SEP1954 | DesDiv242 | Subic Bay, Philippines | |
| 04SEP1954 | 21SEP1954 | TG 70.2 | Operated as part of a fast carrier task group off island of Formosa. Ship recommended for China Service Medal. | |
| 22SEP1954 | 25SEP1954 | DesDiv242 | Subic Bay, Philippines | |
| 25SEP1954 | 29SEP1954 | DesDiv242 | Manila, Philippines | |
| 03OCT1954 | 18OCT1954 | DesDiv242 | Sasebo, Japan | |
| 21OCT1954 | 25OCT1954 | DesDiv242 | Hong Kong | |
| 28JUL1954 | DesDiv242 | Crossed equator at 106°10”E; crew initiated into Royal Order of Shellbacks and issued certificates. | ||
| 29OCT1954 | 01NOV1954 | DesDiv242 | Singapore | |
| 05NOV1954 | 08NOV1954 | DesDiv242 | Colombo, Ceylon | |
| 13NOV1954 | DesDiv242 | Aden | ||
| 14NOV1954 | DesDiv242 | Massawa, Eritrea | ||
| 16NOV1954 | 17NOV1954 | DesDiv242 | Transit Suez Canal | |
| 17NOV1954 | DesDiv242 | Port Said, Egypt | ||
| 20NOV1954 | 24NOV1954 | DesDiv242 | Naples, Italy | |
| 25NOV1954 | 01DEC1954 | DesDiv242 | Golfe-Juan, France | |
| 02DEC1954 | 07DEC1954 | DesDiv242 | Barcelona, Spain | |
| 08DEC1954 | 09DEC1954 | DesDiv242 | Gibraltar | |
| 12DEC1954 | DesDiv242 | Ponta Delgada, Azores | ||
| 18DEC1954 | DesDiv242 | Arrive Newport, Rhode Island; world cruise completed. | ||
| 11JUL1958 | 13NOV1958 | DesDiv102 | Mediterranean cruise | |
| 04JUL1960 | Fourth of July | DesDiv202 | New York City | |
| 22JUL1960 | 27JUL1960 | LANTFLEX | DesDiv202 | Sydney, Nova Scotia |
| 06SEP1960 | 16DEC1960 | Long Ears | DesDiv202 | Mediterranean and Asian cruise |
| 20SEP1960 | Long Ears | DesDiv202 | Crossed arctic circle off Iceland coast at 66°33’N 14°44’W | |
| 07NOV1960 | Long Ears | DesDiv202 | Karachi, Pakistan | |
| 20NOV1960 | Long Ears | DesDiv202 | Athens | |
| 05MAY1961 | Project Mercury | DesFlotFour | Support MR-3 Freedom 7, America’s first manned space flight. | |
| 26MAR1965 | ResDesRon 30 Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Company, Chester, Pennsylvania |
Decommissioned | ||
| 01DEC1974 | Philadelphia Navy Yard | Stricken from the Navy List | ||
| 31JUL1975 | Philadelphia Navy Yard | Sold for scrap to Boston Metals Co. of Baltimore | ||
| Many thanks to Charlie Angevine for corrections to this table. | ||||