Porter, DD-356, was a Porter-class destroyer, a flotilla leader, and the third ship of the name. This is not the Fletcher-class Porter (DD-800). New York Shipbuilding laid her down at Camden on 18 December 1933, launched her on 12 December 1935, Miss Carlile Patterson Porter sponsoring, and commissioned her at Philadelphia on 25 August 1936, Commander Forrest B. Royal in command. DANFS gives that date, and NavSource gives 27 August 1936 for the commissioning.
She visited St. John's, Newfoundland, for the coronation of George VI in May 1937, then moved to the Pacific Fleet at San Francisco in August 1937. She left Pearl Harbor on 5 December 1941, two days before the Japanese attack. After patrols and a period on the west coast she returned to Pearl Harbor in mid-August 1942 and sailed on 16 October with Task Force 16 for the Solomons.
On 26 October 1942, in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, she was torpedoed. DANFS says a submarine torpedoed her. NavSource's fate line says she was accidentally torpedoed by a ditching TBF Avenger and the cause is disputed in the literature. The crew abandoned ship and Shaw sank her by gunfire. Her name was struck from the Navy List on 2 November 1942. She earned one battle star.