USS Sterett DD 407

Navy	US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Benham
Pennant	DD 407
Built by	Charleston Navy Yard (Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.)
Laid down	2 Dec 1936
Launched	27 Oct 1938
Commissioned	15 Aug 1939
End service	2 Nov 1945
History:
	13th November 1942 Sterett fired on a cruiser to starboard and, in turn, took a terrific pounding from battleship Hiei on her port side during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal .Several other actions until, while on radar picket duty off Okinawa on 9 April, 1945 she was hit by a suicide plane that left a large hole near the waterline forward on her starboard side. Courtesy of Lieutenant David Longmaid, USNR Decommissioned on 2 November 1945. Stricken 25 February 1947. Sold 10 August 1947 and broken up for scrap.
Commanders
	Lt.Cdr. Atherton Macondray,    USN      15 Aug 1939 to    ?
	Cdr. Jesse Grant Coward,        USN      Nov 1942 to Nov 1943
	Lt.Cdr. Frank Gardner Gould,   USN      Nov 1943 to Jan 1944
	Cdr. Francis Joseph Blouin,     USN      Jan 1944 to 19 Jan 1945
	Cdr. Gordon Bennett Williams, USN  19 Jan 1945  to 2 Nov 1945