USS Perkins DD-377 |
Type: |
Destroyer |
Class: |
Mahan |
Builder: |
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Bremerton, Washington, U.S.A. |
Hull Number: |
DD-377 |
Ordered: |
August 2, 1933 |
Commissioned: |
September 18, 1936 |
Keel Laid: |
November 15, 1934 |
Decommissioned: |
N/A |
Launched: |
December 31, 1935 |
Stricken: |
N/A |
Fate: |
Sunk Nov. 29, 1943 after being rammed by HMAS Duntroon (troopship). Location: Solomon Sea, 4 miles northeast of Greaves Point, Papua New Guinea. (09.38S-150.04E) 9 men lost, aprox. 230 survivors picked up by Duntroon. (Roll of Honor) |
||
Notes: |
Names in honor of Commodore George Hamilton Perkins, U.S.N. (1836-1899). |
Builder's Data |
||
Page published Jan. 16, 2016 |