Pacific ships

USN · DD

Sunk

Farragut-class destroyer. Screened Enterprise and Hornet at Midway. Lost in the typhoon of 18 December 1944, with Hull and Spence.

ClassFarragut class
TypeDestroyer (DD)
HullDD-354
FateSunk. Screened Enterprise and Hornet at Midway, and was not sunk there. Lost in the typhoon of 18 December 1944, east of Luzon, with Hull and Spence.
Armament (class)Five 5-inch guns and two funnels. The first of the 1930s destroyers.
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.

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Command

Attack on Pearl Harbor

1941-12-07 · sank a midget inside the harbor

Battle of the Coral Sea

1942-05-08 · in the screen; not sunk

Battle of Midway

1942-06-04 · in Spruance's screen

Shot and shell

sunk · ram and depth chargeno one ship
Monaghan rammed and depth-charged a midget submarine inside the harbor. Which mother boat launched it is disputed.