USS Walke (DD-416)

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Walke soon after completion, circa 1940
History
United States
Name	Walke
Builder	Boston Navy Yard
Laid down	31 May 1938
Launched	20 October 1939
Commissioned	27 April 1940
Stricken	13 January 1943
Identification	DD-416
Honors and awards	American Defense Service Medal ("Fleet" clasp, "A" device), Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3 stars), World War II Victory Medal
Fate	Sunk in Naval Battle of Guadalcanal on 15 November 1942
General characteristics
Class and type	Sims-class destroyer
Displacement	1,570 long tons (1,600 t) (std) 2,211 long tons (2,246 t) (full)
Length	348 ft 3+1⁄4 in (106.2 m)
Beam	36 ft 1 in (11.0 m)
Draft	13 ft 4.5 in (4.1 m)
Propulsion	High-pressure super-heated boilers Geared turbines with twin screws 50,000 hp (37,000 kW)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	3,660 nmi (6,780 km; 4,210 mi) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	192 (10 officers/182 enlisted)
Armament	5 × 5 inch/38, in single mounts 4 × .50 caliber/90, in single mounts 8 × 21 inch torpedo tubes in two quadruple mounts 2 × depth charge track, 10 depth charges
Armor	None

USS Walke (DD-416) was a World War II-era Sims-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy, named after Rear Admiral Henry A. Walke USN (1809–1896). Walke operated with the Neutrality Patrol in the Caribbean before World War II and fought in the Pacific Theater during the war before being sunk in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal.

Walke was laid down by the Naval Shipyard at Boston in Massachusetts on 31 May 1938, launched on 20 October 1939 by Mrs. Clarence Dillon, grandniece of Rear Admiral Walke and commissioned on 27 April 1940.