USS Perkins (DD-377)

History
United States
Namesake	George Hamilton Perkins
Builder	Puget Sound Navy Yard
Laid down	15 November 1934
Launched	31 December 1935
Commissioned	18 September 1936
Fate	Accidentally rammed and sunk by Australian troopship Duntroon, 29 November 1943
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 kn (69 km/h)
Complement	158 officers and crew
Armament	As Built: 1 × Gun Director above bridge, 5 × 5"(127mm)/38cal DP (5x1), 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) T Tubes (3x4), 4 × .50cal (12.7mm) MG AA (4x1), 2 × Depth Charge stern racks, c1942: 1 × Gun Director above bridge, 4 × 5" (127mm)/38cal DP (4x1), 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) T Tubes (3x4), 6 × Oerlikon 20 mm AA (6x1), 2 × Depth Charge roll-off stern racks, 4 × K-gun depth charge projectors

The second USS Perkins (DD–377) was a Mahan-class destroyer in the United States Navy before and during World War II and named in honour of Commodore George Hamilton Perkins an officer in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.

Perkins was laid down on 15 November 1934 at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington. She was launched 31 December 1935, sponsored by Mrs Larz Anderson, commissioned 18 September 1936.