U.S.S. Morris
DD-417
1943
(Neptun 1363a)
- Class: Sims - 12 destroyers of 1936
- Displacement: 1,570 tons
- Dimensions: 341(wl) 348(oa) x 36 x 10 ft.
- Machinery: 2-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 49,000 = 38 knots
- Armament: 4-5"/38 (4x1) D.P., 4-40mm (2x2) A.A. guns; 8-21"(2x4) T.T.
- Complement: 250
- Builder: Norfolk Navy Yard
- Keel Laid: 7 Jun 1938
- Launched: 1 Jun 1939
- Commissioned: 5 Mar 1940
- Decommissioned: 9 Nov 1945
- Notes: Coral Sea (rescued 500 survivors from USS Lexington), Midway (rescued 500 survivors from USS Yorktown), Guadalcanal-Tulagi, Santa Cruz (rescued 550 survivors from USS Hornet), Attu, Gilbert Islands (rescued survivors from USS Liscome Bay), Marshall Islands, Hollandia, Western New Guinea, Leyte, Luzon, Okinawa.
Kamikazed on 6 Apr 1945.
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