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Pope

USS Pope

Sunk

United States Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassClemson
WarSecond World War
Main guns4 × 4″ guns

Four-stacker. Fought at Balikpapan and Badung Strait. Escaping with Exeter and Encounter on 1 March 1942, she was sunk by aircraft from Ryūjō.

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Pope (DD-225) steaming at high speed with her guns manned during short range battle practice off the Luzon coast, Philippine Islands, on 15 January 1924. Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 x 4 in (100 mm) guns
  • 1 x 3 in (76 mm) gun
  • 2 .30 cal (7.62 mm) machine guns
  • 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
BuilderWilliam Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Laid down9 September 1919
Launched23 March 1920
Commissioned27 October 1920
Displacement1,190 tons
Length314 ft 5 in (95.83 m)
Speed35 kn (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement101 officers and enlisted

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

Career

Launched

23 March 1920

24 January 1942

19–20 February 1942

1 March 1942

Sunk by aircraft from Ryūjō