USS Monssen

Sunk

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

Lit up by her own recognition signals on 13 November 1942, hit by some 37 shells and burned out.

The USS Monssen (DD-436) off the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, 7 May 1941. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. This image is cropped from original at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h97000/h97811.jpg Photo: United States Navy, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

5 × 5 in (127 mm) DP guns
6 × 0.5 in (12.7 mm) guns
6 × 20 mm AA guns
10 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
2 × depth charge tracks

Builder	Puget Sound Navy Yard
Laid down	12 July 1939
Launched	16 May 1940
Commissioned	14 March 1941
Displacement	1,630 tons
Length	348 ft 3 in (106.15 m)
Speed	37.4 knots (69 km/h)
Complement	16 officers, 260 enlisted

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

Career

Launched

16 May 1940

Naval Battle of Guadalcanal: first night

Sunk

13 November 1942