USN · DD
Russell
Photos and infoSims-class destroyer. Screened Yorktown at Midway. Still afloat at the surrender.
Sims classScreened Yorktown at Midway, and was not sunk there. Still afloat at the surrender.
USN. USS Russell (DD-414) underway c1940.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Command
JPJames Carter PollockCaptain, 3 November 1939 – 12 July 1941GHGlenn Roy HartwigCaptain, 12 July 1941 – 14 January 1943WMWarren Howard McClainCaptain, 14 January 1943 – 11 December 1943FMFrederick Evans MooreCaptain, 11 December 1943 – 14 December 1943LMLewis Robinson MillerCaptain, 14 December 1943 – 14 August 1944JWJohn Edward WicksCaptain, 14 August 1944 – 15 September 1945
Battle of the Coral Sea
1942-05-08 · in Yorktown's screen; not sunk
Battle of Midway
1942-06-04 · in Yorktown's screen
