USN · DD
Sterett
Photos and infoBenham-class destroyer. Fought in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal and at Vella Gulf. Shigure was the Japanese destroyer that got away from her group at Vella Gulf.
Benham classSurvived the war. Badly damaged at Guadalcanal in November 1942 and repaired at Mare Island.
U.S. Navy photo 80-G-321653, taken from USS Chenango about 1943. Public domain.
Command
AMAtherton MacondrayCaptain, 15 August 1939 – 1 April 1941JCJesse Grant CowardCaptain, 1 April 1941 – 18 January 1943FGFrank Gardner GouldCaptain, 18 January 1943 – 14 January 1944FBFrancis Joseph Lucien BlouinCaptain, 14 January 1944 – 27 January 1945GWGordon Bennett WilliamsCaptain, 27 January 1945 – 2 November 1945
Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, night action
1942-11-13 · damaged, 11 hits, retired under her own power
Battle of Vella Gulf
1943-08-06 · undamaged
