USN · DD
Ralph Talbot
Photos and infoBagley-class destroyer. Radar picket north of Savo Island. The Japanese column got past her. On the way out, Furutaka, Tenryu, and Yubari hit her with gunfire and she escaped into a rain squall. A year later she reached Vella Lavella after the gunfight and helped with the rescue.
| Class | Bagley class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-390 |
| Fate | Afloat. Badly damaged at Savo Island on 9 August 1942. Repaired, and she survived the war. |
| Armament (class) | Four 5-inch guns, one funnel, and sixteen 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.
Australian armed forces. USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390) underway in 1943.JPG. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Command
Attack on Pearl Harbor
1941-12-07 · in the harbor; not sunk
Battle of Savo Island
1942-08-09 · picket; badly hit on the way out
Battle of Vella Lavella
1943-10-06 · arrived after the shooting
