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Pillsbury

USS Pillsbury

Sunk

United States Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassClemson
WarSecond World War
Main guns4 × 4″ guns

Four-stacker. Fought at Badung Strait. Sunk with all hands by Japanese cruisers south of Java on 2 March 1942.

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Pillsbury (DD-227) steaming at high speed, circa 1930, while serving with the U.S. Asiatic Fleet. Photo: U.S. Navy, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × 4 in (100 mm) guns
  • 1 × 3 in (76 mm) gun
  • 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
BuilderWilliam Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Laid down23 October 1919
Launched3 August 1920
Commissioned15 December 1920
Displacement1,190 long tons (1,209 t)
Length314 ft 4 in (95.81 m)
Speed35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement116 officers and enlisted

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

Career

Launched

3 August 1920

19–20 February 1942

Fate

Sunk

Sunk 2 March 1942