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Note: O'Brien was the only destroyer to serve in DESRON 12 that was not a Benson-Livermore class ship. O'Brien is a pre-war Sims class destroyer. One can also see the early involvement of this destroyer squadron in 1942 in all major Pacific actions. It can be stated that without the ships of DESRON 12, the Japanese could have taken control of the South Pacific in late 1942. |