USS Selfridge

Survived

Type	Destroyer
Class	Porter
War	Second World War
Main guns	8 × 5″ guns in 4 twin mounts

Captain Frank Walker's flagship at Vella Lavella, where a torpedo blew off her bow.

The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Selfridge (DD-357) leading USS Clark (DD-361) during exercises at sea, circa the later 1930s. Photo: U.S. Navy. Original uploader was User: at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

As built

1 × Mk35 Gun Fire Control System
8 × 5″ (127 mm)/38 cal SP (4×2)
8 × 1.1″ (28 mm) AA (2×4)
8 × 21-inch (533 mm) T Tubes (2×4)

c. 1944

1 × Mk37 Gun Fire Control System
5 × 5″ (127mm)/38 cal DP (2×2, 1×1)
1 × Mk51 Gun Director
4 × Bofors 40mm AA (1×4)
8 × Oerlikon 20mm AA (8×1)
2 × Depth charge stern racks

Builder	New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Laid down	18 December 1933
Launched	18 April 1936
Commissioned	25 November 1936
Displacement	1,850 tons, 2,597 tons full
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

18 April 1936

Naval Battle of Vella Lavella

Damaged

6–7 October 1943

Walker's flagship; torpedoed