USN · DD
AfloatFletcher-class destroyer. Boston Navy Yard. Commissioned 16 September 1943. On 13 December 1944 a kamikaze crashed into her in the Sulu Sea. Fourteen men were killed. She was not sunk. Twiggs came alongside.
| Class | Fletcher class |
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| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-585 |
| Builder | Boston Navy Yard |
| Launched | 1943-03-19 |
| Commissioned | 1943-09-16 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war. A kamikaze hit her in the Sulu Sea on 13 December 1944. She was not sunk. Decommissioned 2 July 1946. Struck 1 November 1972. Sunk as a target in November 1973. |
| Armament (class) | Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of 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.
photographed from USS Kadashan Bay (CVE-76). USS Haraden (DD-585) after being hit by a Kamikaze in the Sulu Sea on 13 December 1944 (80-G-273000).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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