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Phelps

Class	Porter class
Type	Destroyer (DD)
Hull	DD-360
Fate	Afloat. On 8 May 1942 she scuttled the abandoned Lexington. In Spruance's screen at Midway. Still afloat at the surrender.
Armament (class)	Four twin 5-inch mounts and two funnels. Destroyer leaders.
Command	Rooks, Albert H. (Medal of Honor) Captain from 26 February 1936

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.

Porter-class destroyer, DD-360. On 8 May 1942, after Lexington was abandoned, Phelps sank the hulk. A month later she was in Spruance's screen at Midway. She was still afloat at the surrender.

Phelps in the distance with Hornet, New Orleans, and Atlanta at Midway — 6 June 1942, during the Midway battle. Hornet, New Orleans, Atlanta, and Phelps. Phelps is one of the distant ships, not the ship that fills the frame. U.S. Navy photo 80-G-7750. Public domain.