USN · DD
Gwin
Photos and infoGleaves-class destroyer, DD-433. Screened Yorktown at Midway. On 15 November 1942 she was the last of Lee's four destroyers. Japanese gunfire damaged her and she got away. A torpedo wrecked her at Kolombangara on 13 July 1943. The ship that fired is not known. Ralph Talbot sank the wreck.
| Class | Gleaves class |
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| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-433 |
| Fate | Sunk. In Yorktown's screen at Midway, and not sunk there. Badly damaged on the battleship night of 15 November 1942, and she got away. A torpedo wrecked her at Kolombangara on 13 July 1943. The ship that fired is not known. Ralph Talbot sank the wreck. This is DD-433. |
| 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.
U.S. Navy photo NH 51094. USS Gwin (DD-433) underway in 1941 (NH 51094).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Command
Battle of Midway
1942-06-04 · in Yorktown's screen
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, battleship night
1942-11-15 · badly damaged; got away
