USS Buchanan

Survived

Type	Destroyer
Class	Gleaves
War	Second World War
Main guns	4 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns

Fought at Cape Esperance.

The U.S. Navy destroyer steaming near the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-7), not visible, in the South Pacific, circa August 1942, during the Guadalcanal Campaign. Note her Measure 12 (Modified) camouflage scheme. Photo: Unknown, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

4 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns
6 × 0.5 in (12.7 mm) guns
6 × 20 mm AA guns
5 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
2 × depth charge tracks

Builder	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Laid down	11 February 1941
Launched	22 November 1941
Commissioned	21 March 1942
Displacement	1,630 tons
Length	348 ft 3 in (106.15 m)
Speed	37.4 knots (69 km/h)
Complement	16 officers, 260 enlisted

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

Career

Launched

22 November 1941

Battle of Cape Esperance

Survived

11–12 October 1942

Fate

Survived

Scrapped, 1976