USN · DD
Renshaw
Photos and infoFletcher-class destroyer. Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny. A near-sister of Philip. On 21 February 1945 a midget submarine torpedoed her in the Mindanao Sea. She was not sunk. Eight battle stars.
| Class | Fletcher class |
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| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-499 |
| Builder | Federal Shipbuilding, Kearny |
| Launched | 1942-10-13 |
| Commissioned | 1942-12-05 |
| Fate | Afloat. Survived the war. A midget-submarine torpedo flooded her firerooms on 21 February 1945. She was not sunk. 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 photo 80-G-K-15861. Harry S. Truman aboard USS Renshaw (DD-499) during the Navy Day Fleet Review in New York Harbor, 27 October 1945 (80-G-K-15861).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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