USS Converse

Survived

Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
War	Second World War
Main guns	5 × 5″ guns

Fought at Empress Augusta Bay and Cape St. George. Sold to Spain in 1959 as Almirante Valdés.

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Converse (DD-509) underway off the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard, San Francisco, California (USA), on 9 October 1944. Converse is painted in Camouflage Measure 31, Design 2C. Photo: Unknown, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

5 × single Mk 12 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns
5 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors AA guns
7 × single 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon AA guns
2 × quintuple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
6 × single depth charge throwers
2 × depth charge racks

Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	23 February 1942
Launched	30 August 1942
Commissioned	20 November 1942
Displacement	2,050 long tons (2,083 t)
Length	376 ft 6 in (114.7 m)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement	336

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

Career

Launched

30 August 1942

Battle of Empress Augusta Bay

Survived

1–2 November 1943

Battle of Cape St. George

Survived

25–26 November 1943