Pacific ships
USS Conway (DD-507)

USN · DD

Conway

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Afloat

Fletcher-class destroyer.

ClassFletcher class
TypeDestroyer (DD)
HullDD-507
Launched1942-08-16
Commissioned1942-10-09
FateAfloat. Survived the war. Sunk as a target 26 June 1970
Armament (class)Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes.
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.

USS Conway (DD-507) underway in the South Pacific, in August 1943 (80-G-56813).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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Command

Nathaniel Scudder PrimePrime, Nathaniel ScudderCaptain, 9 October 1942 – 16 October 1943Harold Gardiner BowenBowen, Harold GardinerCaptain, 16 October 1943 – 1 May 1944JBBesson, John HenryCaptain, 1 May 1944 – 13 July 1945AHHarrison, Arthur GerntCaptain from 13 July 1945

Battle of Rennell Island

1943-01-29 · in the destroyer screen; rescued survivors of Chicago. Not sunk

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Battle of Blackett Strait

1943-03-06 · in the screen; not hit

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