Pacific ships

USN · DD

Duncan

Photos and info
Sunk

Gleaves-class destroyer. At Cape Esperance she closed the Japanese column alone and was hit by gunfire from both sides. She sank the next day, about six miles north of Savo Island. McCalla took off 195 men.

ClassGleaves class
TypeDestroyer (DD)
HullDD-485
BuilderFederal, Kearny
Launched1942-02-20
Commissioned1942-04-16
FateSunk. 12 October 1942 at Cape Esperance, about six miles north of Savo Island. This is DD-485. McCalla took off 195 men.
Armament (class)Split-plant sisters of the Bensons. Five 5-inch guns and two funnels.

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.

U.S. Navy photo NH 90495. USS Duncan (DD-485) underway in the South Pacific on 7 October 1942 (NH 90495).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Battle of Cape Esperance

1942-10-11 · closed alone. Hit from both sides. Sank the next day

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Shot and shell

Taken · sunkfrom gunfire from both sides
Duncan closed the Japanese column alone and was hit by gunfire from both sides. She sank the next day about six miles north of Savo Island. McCalla took off 195 men.