Pacific ships

USN · DD

Afloat

Gridley-class destroyer. In the van at Tassafaronga, ahead of the cruisers. Later in Moosbrugger's division at Vella Gulf.

ClassGridley class
TypeDestroyer (DD)
HullDD-401
FateAfloat. Decommissioned 19 October 1945. Sold for scrap in 1946.
Armament (class)Four 5-inch guns, one funnel, and sixteen torpedo tubes.
Command

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.

Public-domain photograph via Wikimedia Commons.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

Command

Battle of Midway

1942-06-04 · in Spruance's screen

Landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi

1942-08-07 · plane guard for Enterprise

Battle of the Eastern Solomons

1942-08-24 · with Enterprise

Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands

1942-10-26 · screened Enterprise. Not hit. Not sunk

Battle of Tassafaronga

1942-11-30 · third in the van

Battle of Vella Gulf

1943-08-06 · undamaged