USN · DD
Smith
Photos and infoMahan-class destroyer, DD-378. Mare Island Navy Yard. Laid down 27 October 1934, launched 20 February 1936, commissioned 19 September 1936. At Santa Cruz a Japanese torpedo plane hit the shield of her gun No. 2 and crashed on the forecastle at about 1137 on 26 October 1942. The bridge was abandoned at 1149. She put out the fires by running close under the stern of South Dakota and using the spray of her wake. She kept her place in the screen.
| Class | Mahan class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-378 |
| Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard |
| Launched | 1936-02-20 |
| Commissioned | 1936-09-19 |
| Fate | Afloat. Not sunk. A Japanese torpedo plane crashed into her forecastle on 26 October 1942 at Santa Cruz. DANFS says 57 of her men were killed or missing. She was repaired and served to the end of the war. Decommissioned 28 June 1946. Struck 25 February 1947. Six battle stars. |
| Armament (class) | Five 5-inch guns and two funnels. The count includes the two Dunlap ships. |
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.
USS Smith (DD-378) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 12 June 1944, in Camouflage Measure 31, Design 23D. U.S. Navy photograph 19-N-67559. Wikimedia Commons File:USS Smith (DD-378) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California (USA), 12 June 1944 (19-N-67559).jpg. Public domain.
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Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands
1942-10-26 · a Japanese torpedo plane crashed into her forecastle about 1137. 57 killed or missing by DANFS. Not sunk
