USS Sims

Sunk

Type	Destroyer
Class	Sims
War	Second World War
Main guns	5 × 5 inch/38, in single mounts

Escorting the oiler Neosho at the Coral Sea when Japanese aircraft mistook them for a carrier group. Sunk by three bombs.

Off the Kennebec River, Maine, during her builder's trials, 6 July 1939. She is flying the flag of Bath Iron Works, her builder, at the foremast peak. Note that Sims' Mark 37 main gun battery director has not yet been installed. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Arc Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

5 × 5 inch/38, in single mounts
4 × .50 caliber/90, in single mounts
8 × 21 inch torpedo tubes in two quadruple mounts
2 × depth charge track, 10 depth charges

Armour

None

Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	15 July 1937
Launched	8 April 1939
Commissioned	1 August 1939
Displacement	1,570 long tons (1,600 t) (std) 2,211 long tons (2,246 t) (full)
Length	348 ft 3+1⁄4 in (106.2 m)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement	192 (10 officers/182 enlisted)

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

Career

Launched

8 April 1939

Battle of the Coral Sea

Sunk

4–8 May 1942