USN · DD
Conyngham
Photos and infoMahan-class destroyer. Screened Enterprise and Hornet at Midway. She survived the war. Sunk as a target off California on 2 July 1948.
| Class | Mahan class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-371 |
| Fate | Afloat. Screened Enterprise and Hornet at Midway, and was not sunk there. Still afloat at the surrender. Decommissioned 20 December 1946. Used at Bikini, then sunk as a target off California on 2 July 1948. |
| Armament (class) | Five 5-inch guns and two funnels. The count includes the two Dunlap ships. |
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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.
US Navy. Destroyer USS Conyngham, 1941.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
Attack on Pearl Harbor
1941-12-07 · in the harbor; not sunk
Battle of Midway
1942-06-04 · in Spruance's screen
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
1942-10-26 · screened Enterprise. Fired on a friendly plane about 1120. Not hit. Not sunk
