USN · DD
AfloatGridley-class destroyer, DD-380, the name ship of her class. She was at sea with Enterprise on 7 December 1941, bombarded Makin in the Gilberts, and screened the carriers in the Battle of the Philippine Sea.
| Class | Gridley class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-380 |
| Builder | Fore River, Quincy |
| Launched | 1936-12-01 |
| Commissioned | 1937-06-24 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war with the Pacific Fleet. Decommissioned 18 April 1946 and sold for scrap in August 1947. |
| Armament (class) | Four 5-inch guns, one funnel, and sixteen torpedo tubes. |
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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 Gridley (DD-380) underway, about 1944, photographed from the deck of an aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy photograph by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Paul D. Guttman, USN, via Navsource. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Gridley (DD-380) underway c1944.jpg. Public domain.
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Command
Stickney, Fred RussellCaptain, 2 March 1942 – 8 February 1943JMMotes, Jesse HoganCaptain, 8 February 1943 – 21 May 1944PQQuirk, Philip DecaturCaptain, 21 May 1944 – 1 November 1944GDDalton, George FrancisCaptain, 1 November 1944 – 10 July 1945JEEvans, John ThomasCaptain, 10 July 1945 – 11 November 1945SHHotchkiss, Stuart ThomasCaptain from 11 November 1945Gilbert Islands, November 1943
1943-11-20 · bombarded Makin and screened the carriers in November 1943; not sunk
Battle of the Philippine Sea
1944-06-19 · screened the carriers on 19 and 20 June 1944; her antiaircraft fire helped protect them; not sunk
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