USN · DD
Mahan
Photos and infoMahan-class destroyer, DD-364, the name ship. On 30 October 1942 she collided with South Dakota. Her bow was crumpled and she was not sunk. On 7 December 1944, off Ormoc Bay, three Japanese aircraft crashed into her. The fires reached a magazine and she was abandoned. The sinking is not credited to one plane. Walke (DD-723) then sank her with gunfire and torpedoes.
| Class | Mahan class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-364 |
| Builder | United Dry Docks, Staten Island |
| Launched | 1935-10-15 |
| Commissioned | 1936-09-18 |
| Fate | Sunk. Name ship of the class. On 30 October 1942 she collided with South Dakota while both turned away from a submarine contact. Her bow was crumpled. She was not sunk. On 7 December 1944, off Ormoc Bay, three Japanese aircraft crashed into her and the fires reached a magazine. She was abandoned. The sinking is not credited to one plane. Walke (DD-723) then sank her with gunfire and torpedoes. This is not the Walke sunk off Guadalcanal. |
| Armament (class) | Five 5-inch guns and two funnels. The count includes the two Dunlap ships. |
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 Mahan (DD-364) off the Mare Island Navy Yard on 28 April 1942, before the collision with South Dakota. U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photograph 19-N-29528, National Archives. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Mahan (DD-364) - 19-N-29528.jpg. Public domain.
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No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
1942-10-26 · screened Enterprise. Not hit. Not sunk
