USS Porter

Sunk

Type	Destroyer
Class	Porter
War	Second World War
Main guns	2 × Mk33 Gun Fire Control System

Torpedoed at Santa Cruz, perhaps by a torpedo from a ditched American plane, and scuttled.

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Porter (DD-356) off Yorktown, Virginia (USA), on 19 April 1939. This photo illustrates the original "cruiser-like" appearance of the Porter-class. This class was the only U.S. Navy destroyer class fitted with reserve torpedoes, visible in the containers next to the aft fu Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

As built

2 × Mk33 Gun Fire Control System
8 × 5" (127mm)/38cal SP guns (4×2)
8 × 1.1" (28mm) AA (2x4)
8 × 21"(533mm) torpedo tubes (2x4)

Circa 1942

1 × Mk33 Gun Fire Control System
2 × 40mm Bofors AA (1x2)
6 × 20mm Oerlikon AA (6x1)
2 × stern depth charge racks

Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	18 December 1933
Launched	12 December 1935
Commissioned	25 August 1936
Displacement	1,850 tons
Length	381 ft (116 m)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h)
Complement	194

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

Career

Launched

12 December 1935

Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands

Sunk

25–27 October 1942

Torpedoed and scuttled