Case steaming off Mare Island on 23 November 1943
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History | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Augustus Ludlow Case |
Builder | Boston Navy Yard |
Launched | 14 September 1935 |
Commissioned | 15 September 1936 |
Decommissioned | 13 December 1945 |
Fate | Sold 31 December 1947 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Mahan-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,500 tons |
Length | 341 ft 4 in (104 m) |
Beam | 35 ft (10,7 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 10 in (2,8 m) |
Speed | 37 knots |
Complement | 158 officers and crew |
Armament | 5 x 5 in (130 mm) guns, 12 x 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
USS Case (DD-370) was a Mahan-class destroyer in the United States Navy before and during World War II. She was the second ship named for Augustus Ludlow Case. Case was berthed at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese struck on 7 December 1941, then served in the United States Pacific Fleet until the end of World War II.