USS Craven (DD-382)
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Name | Craven |
Namesake | Tunis Augustus Macdonough Craven |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts |
Laid down | 2 June 1935 |
Launched | 25 February 1937 |
Commissioned | 2 September 1937 |
Decommissioned | 19 April 1946 |
Identification | DD-382 |
Fate | Sold 2 October 1947 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Gridley-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1590 tons, 2219 tons full |
Length | 340 ft 10 in (103.89 m) |
Beam | 35 ft 10 in (10.92 m) |
Draught | 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) |
Propulsion | 50,000 shp (37,000 kW) Bethlehem geared turbines, 2 screws |
Speed | 38.5 knots (71.3 km/h; 44.3 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 158 |
Armament |
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USS Craven (DD-382) was a Gridley-class destroyer commissioned in the United States Navy from 1937 to 1946. She served in the Pacific War and was scrapped in 1947.
History
Craven was the third U.S. Navy ship named for
After training in the
When the
Craven joined in the raids on the Marshalls and Gilberts, 1 February 1942 and on Wake Island, 24 February. After overhaul on the west coast, on 8 April she returned to convoy duty and west coast operations.
Craven sailed from Pearl Harbor 12 November 1942 to join in the struggle for Guadalcanal, escorting transports to that island for the next nine months. On 6 and 7 August 1943 she joined in the sweep of Vella Gulf which sank Japanese destroyers Kawakaze, Hagikaze and Arashi,[2] and damaged a cruiser.
Craven departed
Returning to Pearl Harbor 11 October 1944, Craven had overhaul and training, then sailed from Pearl Harbor 2 January 1945. She arrived at New York 26 January for exercises and antisubmarine patrol on the east coast until 2 May when she sailed to
Craven ranged throughout the Mediterranean Sea on escort, training, and transport duties until 14 January 1946 when she cleared for New York, arriving 28 January. She weighed anchor 20 February for San Diego and Pearl Harbor where she arrived 16 March.
Fate
Craven was decommissioned there 19 April 1946, and sold 2 October 1947.
Honors
Craven received nine
References
- ^ OCLC 41977179. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
- ^ Cressman, Chapter V: 1943
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.