USS Smith (DD-378)

USS Smith painted in a "Dazzle" camouflage variant known as Measure 31, Design 23d.
History
United States
Name	Smith
Namesake	Joseph B. Smith
Builder	Mare Island Naval Shipyard
Laid down	27 October 1934
Launched	20 February 1936
Commissioned	19 September 1936
Decommissioned	28 June 1946
Stricken	25 February 1947
Fate	Sold for scrapping, August 1947
General characteristics
Class and type	Mahan-class destroyer
Displacement	1,500 tons
Length	341 ft 4 in (104.04 m)
Beam	35 ft (11 m)
Draft	9 ft 10 in (3.00 m)
Speed	37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph)
Complement	8 officers and 150 enlisted crew[1]
Armament	As built:[1] 1 × Gun Director above bridge, 5 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal. DP (5x1), 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (3x4), 4 × .50 cal (12.7 mm) AA machine guns (4x1), 2 × depth charge stern racks, c1944:[1] 1 × Mk 33 Gun Fire Control System, 4 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal. DP (4x1), 12 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes (3x4), 2 × Mk 51 Gun Directors, 4 × Bofors 40 mm AA (2x2), 5 × Oerlikon 20 mm AA (5x1), 2 × depth charge roll-off stern racks, 4 × K-gun depth charge projectors

USS Smith (DD-378) was a Mahan-class destroyer in the United States Navy before and during World War II. She was named for Lieutenant Joseph B. Smith, USN. Smith was a senior officer aboard USS Congress and killed when CSS Virginia sank her.^[1]