USS La Vallette

Survived

Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
War	Second World War
Main guns	5 × single Mk 12 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns

Torpedoed by aircraft off Rennell Island.

The U.S. Navy Fletcher-class destroyer USS La Vallette (DD-448) as completed, wearing camouflage Measure 22. She was repainted in camouflage Measure 21 in July 1943. Photo: U.S. Navy, 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	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Laid down	27 November 1941
Launched	21 June 1942
Commissioned	12 August 1942
Displacement	2,100 tons
Length	376 ft 3 in (114.68 m)
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Complement	273 officers and enlisted

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

Career

Launched

21 June 1942

Battle of Rennell Island

Damaged

29–30 January 1943

Fate

Survived

Sold 26 July 1974 to Peru as parts donor, scrapped