| Class | Fletcher class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-512 |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works |
| Launched | 1942-10-27 |
| Commissioned | 1943-01-08 |
| Fate | Sunk. Foundered in the typhoon of 18 December 1944, east of Luzon, with Hull and Monaghan. |
| Armament (class) | Five single 5-inch guns, two funnels, and two sets of torpedo tubes. |
| Command |
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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-48564. USS Spence (DD-512) underway off Guadalcanal on 23 March 1944 (80-G-48564).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Command
Battle of Empress Augusta Bay
1943-11-02 · hit below the waterline; among the destroyers that finished Hatsukaze; not sunk
