Photo: US Naval Historical Center.
Destroyer
USS Downes DD-375. Built at Norfolk Naval Shipyard and
launched 22 April 1936. Severely damaged at Pearl Harbor in 1941, rebuilt
and relaunched in 1943[3]. Saw service in the Pacific, 1944-45, earning
four World War II battle stars. Decommissioned and scrapped in 1947.
References
- USS Downes
(DD-375), Wikipedia (accessed 17 July 2017).
- McKee, Brent, America's
New Deal Navy: Destroyers USS Ticker and USS Downes, New Deal of the Day,
nddaily.blogspot.com, accessed
17 July 2017.
- USS Downes
(DD-375), NavSource Naval History, accessed 17 July 2017.