Photos and the story

Jenkins

Class	Fletcher class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-447
Launched	1942-06-21
Commissioned	1942-07-31
Fate	Afloat. Survived the war. Sold for scrap, 17 February 1971
Armament (class)	Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes.
Command	Miller, Harry Fanker Captain, 31 July 1942 – 9 July 1943 Hall, Madison Captain, 9 July 1943 – 29 December 1943 Gallery, Philip Daly Captain, 29 December 1943 – 8 July 1945 Shirley, Gene Thomas Captain, 8 July 1945 – 31 December 1945

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 Jenkins (DD-447) was a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She was launched on 21 June 1942 and commissioned on 31 July 1942, with Harry Fanker Miller as her captain.

Miller remained in command until 9 July 1943. On 6 July 1943, while he still had the ship, Jenkins was at the Battle of Kula Gulf. She was astern of the cruisers, with Radford. Nicholas and Radford carried out the rescue of Helena's men.

Madison Hall relieved Miller on 9 July 1943 and stayed in command until 29 December 1943. Philip Daly Gallery then became captain and held the ship until 8 July 1945.

Gene Thomas Shirley took command on 8 July 1945 and remained captain through 31 December 1945, the last of the four captains named for her. Jenkins survived the war. She was sold for scrap on 17 February 1971.

The pictures on this page are the originals.