USN · DD
Worden
Photos and infoFarragut-class destroyer. Screened Enterprise and Hornet at Midway. Lost on 12 January 1943 when she grounded at Amchitka.
| Class | Farragut class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-352 |
| Fate | Sunk. Screened Enterprise and Hornet at Midway, and was not sunk there. Lost on 12 January 1943 when she grounded at Constantine Harbor, Amchitka. |
| Armament (class) | Five 5-inch guns and two funnels. The first of the 1930s destroyers. |
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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. USS Worden (DD-352) at anchor c1938.jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
The pictures on this page are the originals.
No color version yet. Colored pictures and film will be added here.
Command
RKKerr, Robert EarleCaptain, 15 January 1935 – 10 December 1935
Olsen, Clarence EdwardCaptain, 10 December 1935 – 29 February 1936HBBroadfoot, Henry BryanCaptain, 29 February 1936 – 5 June 1936JWWilson, Julian DuBoisCaptain, 5 June 1936 – 11 June 1938LMMason, Lunsford YandellCaptain, 11 June 1938 – 17 June 1939RDDavis, Ransom KirbyCaptain, 17 June 1939 – 12 April 1941
Pogue, William GradyCaptain, 12 April 1941 – 12 January 1943
Olsen, Clarence EdwardCaptain, 10 December 1935 – 29 February 1936HBBroadfoot, Henry BryanCaptain, 29 February 1936 – 5 June 1936JWWilson, Julian DuBoisCaptain, 5 June 1936 – 11 June 1938LMMason, Lunsford YandellCaptain, 11 June 1938 – 17 June 1939RDDavis, Ransom KirbyCaptain, 17 June 1939 – 12 April 1941Pogue, William GradyCaptain, 12 April 1941 – 12 January 1943Attack on Pearl Harbor
1941-12-07 · in the harbor; not sunk
Battle of the Coral Sea
1942-05-08 · with the oilers; not sunk
Aleutian Islands
1942-06-03 · grounded at Constantine Harbor, Amchitka, 12 January 1943
Battle of Midway
1942-06-04 · in Spruance's screen
