USN · DD
Perkins
Photos and infoMahan-class destroyer, DD-377. Not sunk at Coral Sea or at Tassafaronga. Lost in a collision with the transport Duntroon on 29 November 1943.
Mahan classWith Crace at Coral Sea, and not sunk there. Second in the destroyer van at Tassafaronga. Lost in a collision with the Australian transport Duntroon on 29 November 1943, off New Guinea.
U.S. Navy photo NH 74321. Perkins (DD-377). The hull number 377 is on the bow. Public domain.
Command
SJSamuel P. JenkinsCaptain, 18 September 1936 – 27 May 1938JVJohn Peter VetterCaptain, 27 May 1938 – 4 June 1940TWTimothy Francis WellingsCaptain, 4 June 1940 – 12 October 1941SBStephen Ray BedfordCaptain, 12 October 1941 – 12 December 1941WFWalter Chilcot FordCaptain, 12 December 1941 – 1 March 1943GKGerald Lyle KetchumCaptain, 1 March 1943 – 29 November 1943
Battle of the Coral Sea
1942-05-08 · with Crace; not sunk
Battle of Tassafaronga
1942-11-30 · second in the van
