USN · DD
AfloatFletcher-class destroyer. Bethlehem, San Francisco. Commissioned 31 August 1943. On 26 October 1944 her guns, with Owen, finished Nowaki. On 19 March 1945 she stood by Franklin. She was not sunk.
| Class | Fletcher class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-535 |
| Builder | Bethlehem, San Francisco |
| Launched | 1943-02-15 |
| Commissioned | 1943-08-31 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war. Later renamed James Miller. Sold for scrap, 31 July 1975. |
| 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.
U.S. Navy photo NH 98522. USS Miller (DD-535) underway in the Pacific Ocean on 11 October 1944 (NH 98522).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Command
Operation Hailstone, the raid on Truk
1944-02-17 · TG 58.2 destroyer screen. Not sunk
Afloat
Photos and infoThe Doolittle RaidBattle of MidwayLandings on Guadalcanal and TulagiBattle of the Eastern SolomonsBattle of the Santa Cruz IslandsBattle of Rennell IslandGilbert Islands, November 1943Marshall IslandsOperation Hailstone, the raid on TrukBattle of the Philippine SeaBattle off Cape EngañoIwo JimaOkinawa
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