U.S.S. Porter
DD-356
1942
(Neptun 1367)
- Class: Porter - 8 destroyers of 1933
- Displacement: 1,850 tons
- Dimensions: 372(wl) 381.25(oa) x 37 x 10.5 ft.
- Machinery: 2-shaft geared turbines, S.H.P. 50,000 = 37 knots
- Armament: 6-5"/38 (3x2) S.P., 8-40mm (4x2) A.A. guns, 8-21"(2x4) T.T.
- Complement: 290
- Builder: New York Shipbuilding
- Keel Laid: 18 Dec 1933
- Launched: 12 Dec 1935
- Commissioned: 25 Aug 1936
- Notes: Torpedoed and crippled at the Battle of Santa Cruz, 26 Oct 1942, by Japanese submarine, probably I-21. Sunk by gunfire from destroyer Shaw.
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