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Gwin

USS Gwin

Sunk

United States Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassGleaves
WarSecond World War
Main guns5 × 5″ guns

Hit in the engine room on 14–15 November 1942.

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Gwin (DD-433) underway in 1941. This view shows the ship essentially as completed, with five 5/38 guns and ten torpedo tubes. Photo: Unknown, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 5 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns
  • 6 × 20 mm AA guns
  • 6 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) guns
  • 10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 2 × depth charge tracks
BuilderBoston Navy Yard
Laid down1 June 1939
Launched25 May 1940
Commissioned15 January 1941
Displacement1,630 tons
Length348 ft 3 in (106.15 m)
Speed37.4 knots (69 km/h)
Complement16 officers, 260 enlisted

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

Career

Launched

25 May 1940

14–15 November 1942

Fate

Sunk

Sunk at Battle of Kolombangara, 13 July 1943