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.
Fletcher classLaunched 1942-05-03Commissioned 1942-07-22Survived the war. Sold for scrap October 1970
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
Command
Battle of Kula Gulf
1943-07-06 · astern, then rescued Helena's men with Nicholas
