USN · DD
SunkMahan-class destroyer. Third in Lee's destroyer line. Sunk in the opening fight. Not credited to one Japanese ship.
| Class | Mahan class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-379 |
| Fate | Sunk. 15 November 1942, the battleship night off Guadalcanal. This is DD-379, not the later Fletcher-class Preston. Not pinned to one Japanese ship. |
| Armament (class) | Five 5-inch guns and two funnels. The count includes the two Dunlap ships. |
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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.
United States Navy. USS Detroit (CL-8) - USS Preston (DD-379) - USS Conyngham (DD-371) - 19-N-33050.tif. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Command
Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
1942-10-26 · turned hard to avoid South Dakota's fire while going for a ditched crew. Not hit. Not sunk
Afloat
Photos and infoThe Doolittle RaidBattle of MidwayLandings on Guadalcanal and TulagiBattle of the Eastern SolomonsBattle of the Santa Cruz IslandsBattle of Rennell IslandGilbert Islands, November 1943Marshall IslandsOperation Hailstone, the raid on TrukBattle of the Philippine SeaBattle off Cape EngañoIwo JimaOkinawa
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, battleship night
1942-11-15 · sunk
Shot and shell
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