Pacific ships

USN · DD

O'Brien

Photos and info
Sunk

Sims-class destroyer, DD-415. On 15 September 1942 one torpedo from I-19 hit her in the bow, in the same spread that hit Wasp and North Carolina. She stayed afloat and started for Pearl Harbor. On 19 October she broke up and sank. The whole crew got off.

ClassSims class
TypeDestroyer (DD)
HullDD-415
BuilderBoston Navy Yard
Launched1939-10-20
Commissioned1940-03-02
FateSunk. Hit in the bow by one torpedo from I-19 on 15 September 1942, southeast of Guadalcanal. She foundered on 19 October 1942 on the way to Pearl Harbor. The whole crew got off. This is DD-415.
Armament (class)Five 5-inch guns and one funnel.

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 O'Brien (DD-415), photographed soon after completion, circa 1940. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photograph NH 97787, as shown on NavSource. Public domain.

The pictures on this page are the originals.

I-19's attack, 15 September 1942

1942-09-15 · hit in the bow; foundered on 19 October

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Shot and shell

Taken · damagedfrom IJN I-19
One torpedo from I-19 hit O'Brien in the bow. She stayed afloat. On 19 October 1942, on the way to Pearl Harbor, she broke up and sank. The whole crew got off.