USS Jarvis (DD-393)
Bagley-class destroyer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships of the same name, see USS Jarvis.
USS Jarvis (DD-393), was a Bagley-class destroyer and the second of three United States Navy ships to be named after James C. Jarvis, a U.S. Navy midshipman who was killed at the age of 13 during the Quasi-War with France. She saw service in the Pacific during World War II and participated in the invasion of Guadalcanal. The destroyer was sunk to the south of Guadalcanal on 9 August 1942, with all hands - one of only two American major surface warships to be lost in World War II with no survivors.
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USS Jarvis off the Puget Sound Navy Yard, circa December 1937 | |
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Name | Jarvis |
Namesake | James C. Jarvis |
Builder | Puget Sound Navy Yard |
Laid down | 21 August 1935 |
Launched | 6 May 1937 |
Commissioned | 27 October 1937 |
Fate | Sunk by Japanese aircraft off Guadalcanal 9 August 1942. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Bagley-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,325 tons (full), 1,500 tons (light) |
Length | 341 ft 8 in (104.1 m) |
Beam | 35 ft 6 in (10.8 m) |
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Speed | 38.5 knots (71.3 km/h; 44.3 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,038 km) at 12 knots (22.2 km/h; 13.8 mph) |
Complement | 158 (254 wartime) |
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