USN · DD
McCalla
Photos and infoGleaves-class destroyer. Last in Scott's column at Cape Esperance. The next morning she took 195 of Duncan's men out of the water. She was not sunk.
| Class | Gleaves class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-488 |
| Builder | Federal, Kearny |
| Launched | 1942-03-20 |
| Commissioned | 1942-05-27 |
| Fate | Afloat. Not sunk at Cape Esperance. She took 195 of Duncan's men off the next morning. Decommissioned 17 May 1946. Later transferred to Turkey and scrapped in 1973. |
| Armament (class) | Split-plant sisters of the Bensons. Five 5-inch guns and two funnels. |
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 McCalla (DD-488) underway on 26 May 1942 (80-G-13393).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Battle of Cape Esperance
1942-10-11 · astern. The next morning she took off 195 of Duncan's men
