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Wilson

USS Wilson

Survived

United States Navy

TypeDestroyer
ClassBenham
WarSecond World War
Main guns4 × 5″ guns

Screened the northern group at Savo Island.

USS Wilson underway in the Puget Sound area, circa 1939-40 Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. https://www.navsource.net/archives/05/408.htm Photo: Unknown, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 4 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 guns
  • 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) guns
  • 16 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 2 × depth charge tracks
BuilderPuget Sound Navy Yard
Laid down22 March 1937
Launched12 April 1939
Commissioned5 July 1939
Displacement2,250 tons (full)
Length340 ft 9 in (103.86 m)
Speed38.5 knots (71.3 km/h; 44.3 mph)
Complement251 officers and enlisted

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

Career

Launched

12 April 1939

8–9 August 1942

Northern group

Fate

Survived

Sunk off Kwajalein on 8 March 1948, after atomic testing