USN · DD
AfloatGleaves-class destroyer, DD-435. She screened Enterprise at the Eastern Solomons on 24 August 1942, when she claimed two Japanese aircraft, and fought through Guadalcanal and the New Guinea campaigns.
| Class | Gleaves class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-435 |
| Builder | Charleston Navy Yard |
| Launched | 1940-08-07 |
| Commissioned | 1941-02-14 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war with 13 battle stars. Decommissioned 4 February 1947; sold for scrap in 1974. |
| Armament (class) | Split-plant sisters of the Bensons. Five 5-inch guns and two funnels. |
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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.
USS Grayson (DD-435) off the Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina, on 17 April 1941, wearing freshly applied Measure 1 camouflage. This is a prewar photograph. U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photograph 19-N-23830, National Archives, via the Naval History and Heritage Command. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Grayson (DD-435) - 19-N-23830.jpg. Public domain.
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
The Doolittle Raid
1942-04-18 · destroyer in the screen; withdrew east with the oilers on the 17th. Not sunk
Battle of the Eastern Solomons
1942-08-24 · screened Enterprise on 24 August 1942 and claimed two aircraft; not sunk
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