Pacific ships

USN · DD

Farenholt

Photos and info
Afloat

Benson-class destroyer. She led Scott's column at Cape Esperance. Gunfire from both sides hit her. She was not sunk.

ClassBenson class
TypeDestroyer (DD)
HullDD-491
FateAfloat. Heavily damaged at Cape Esperance by gunfire from both sides. Not sunk. Still afloat at the surrender.
Armament (class)Four 5-inch guns and two funnels. Some of the class landed a fifth gun.

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 80-G-12264. USS Farenholt (DD-491) underway in the South Pacific, 24 August 1942 (80-G-12264).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Battle of Cape Esperance

1942-10-11 · led the column. Hit from both sides. Not sunk

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Sunk
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Photos and infoBattle of Sunda StraitBattle of Cape EsperanceNaval Battle of Guadalcanal, battleship nightBattle of the Bismarck Sea
Sunk
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Photos and infoBattle of Cape EsperanceBattle of Surigao Strait

Shot and shell

Taken · damagedfrom gunfire from both sides
Farenholt was hit by gunfire from both sides while she was out of station ahead of San Francisco. She was not sunk.