USS John D. Ford

Survived

Type	Destroyer
Class	Clemson
War	Second World War
Main guns	4 x 4 in (102 mm) guns, 1 x 3 in (76 mm) AA, 2 x .30 (7.62 mm) cal MG., 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes.

Old four-funnelled destroyer of the Asiatic Fleet. Led the attack at Balikpapan and fought at Badung Strait and the Java Sea, then escaped to Australia.

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS John D. Ford (DD-228) in 1930. Photo: USN, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

4 x 4 in (102 mm) guns, 1 x 3 in (76 mm) AA, 2 x .30 (7.62 mm) cal MG., 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes.

Builder	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Laid down	11 November 1919
Launched	2 September 1920
Commissioned	30 December 1920
Displacement	1,190 tons
Length	314 feet 5 inches (95.83 m)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h)
Complement	101 officers and enlisted

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

Career

Launched

2 September 1920

Battle of Balikpapan

Survived

24 January 1942

Talbot's flagship

Battle of Badung Strait

Survived

19–20 February 1942

Battle of the Java Sea

Survived

27 February 1942

Fate

Survived

Sold for scrap, 5 October 1947