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Balch

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ClassPorter class
TypeDestroyer (DD)
HullDD-363
FateAfloat. Screened Enterprise and Hornet at Midway and stood by the damaged Yorktown. Still afloat at the surrender. Decommissioned 1 November 1945. Sold for scrap in 1946.
Armament (class)Four twin 5-inch mounts and two funnels. Destroyer leaders.
Command

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Balch
Australian armed forces. USS Balch (DD-363) underway in 1944.JPG. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

USS Balch (DD-363) was a Porter-class destroyer of the United States Navy. T. C. Lutimore became her captain on 20 October 1936.

On 4 June 1942, at the Battle of Midway, Balch served in Spruance's screen and screened Enterprise and Hornet. She stood by the damaged Yorktown.

Balch survived the war and was still afloat at the surrender. She was decommissioned on 1 November 1945 and sold for scrap in 1946.

The pictures on this page are the originals.