USS Anderson

Survived

Type	Destroyer
Class	Sims
War	Second World War
Main guns	5 × 5 inch/38, in single mounts

Fired torpedoes and hundreds of shells into Hornet at Santa Cruz without sinking her.

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Anderson (DD-411) steaming at high speed during her trials, in 1939. Note that her Mark 37 gun director has not yet been installed. Photo: Unknown, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

5 × 5 inch/38, in single mounts
4 × .50 caliber/90, in single mounts
8 × 21 inch torpedo tubes in two quadruple mounts
2 × depth charge track, 10 depth charges

Armour

None

Builder	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Laid down	15 November 1937
Launched	4 February 1939
Commissioned	19 May 1939
Displacement	1,570 long tons (1,600 t) (std) 2,211 long tons (2,246 t) (full)
Length	348 ft 3+1⁄4 in (106.2 m)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement	192 (10 officers/182 enlisted)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

4 February 1939

Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands

Survived

25–27 October 1942

Tried to scuttle Hornet

Fate

Survived

Sunk by Test "Able" (Operation Crossroads) at Bikini Atoll 1 July 1946