USN · DD
Radford
Photos and infoFletcher-class destroyer. At Kula Gulf she was astern of the cruisers. After Helena sank, she stayed with Nicholas and the two of them took off more than 700 men. Before dawn the pair also fired on Mochizuki. Accounts disagree on whether that destroyer was hit. On 25 November 1943, west of Makin, she depth-charged the submarine I-19. That boat was lost with all hands.
| Class | Fletcher class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-446 |
| Launched | 1942-05-03 |
| Commissioned | 1942-07-22 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war. Sold for scrap October 1970 |
| Armament (class) | Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes. |
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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.
U.S. Navy. USS Radford (DD-446) steaming into Tulagi Harbour with 468 survivors form USS Helena (CL-50), 6 July 1943.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Command
Battle of Kula Gulf
1943-07-06 · astern, then rescued Helena's men with Nicholas
