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Cassin

USS Cassin

Survived

United States Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassMahan
WarSecond World War
Main guns5 × 5″ guns

In drydock with Downes and Pennsylvania at Pearl Harbor; burned and toppled onto Downes. Rebuilt around her surviving machinery.

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cassin (DD-372) off the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania (USA), 2 February 1937. Photo: USN, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • As built: 1 × gun director above bridge, 5 × 5" (127 mm)/38 cal DP (5×1), 12 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (3×4), 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) AA machine guns (4×1), 2 × depth charge stern racks
  • c1944: 1 × Mk37 Gun Fire Control System, 4 × 5" (127 mm)/38cal DP (4×1), 12 × 21" (533 mm) torpedo tubes (3×4), 2 × Mk51 Gun Directors, 4 × Bofors 40 mm guns (2×2), 6 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons (6×1), 2 × depth charge roll-off stern racks, 4 × K-gun depth charge projectors
BuilderPhiladelphia Navy Yard
Laid down1 October 1934
Launched28 October 1935
Commissioned21 August 1936
Displacement1,500 long tons (1,500 t)
Length341 ft 4 in (104.04 m)
Speed37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph)
Complement158 officers and crew

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

Career

Launched

28 October 1935

7 December 1941

Wrecked in drydock; rebuilt

Fate

Survived

Sold for scrap, 25 November 1947