USS Henley (DD-391)
Navy | US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Bagley |
Pennant | DD 391 |
Built by | Mare Island Navy Yard (Vallejo, California, U.S.A.) |
Laid down | 28 Oct 1935 |
Launched | 12 Jan 1937 |
Commissioned | 14 Aug 1937 |
Lost | 3 Oct 1943 |
Loss position | 07.40S, 148.06E |
History | USS Henley
(Cdr Carlton Rolla Adams) was sunk after being torpedoed by the Japanese
submarine RO-108 off Cape
Cretin, New Guinea in position 07º40'S, 148°06'E. 15 crewmembers lost their lives and the Commanding officer Commander Adams survived though wounded. |
Commanders | Lt.Cdr. Henry Young McCown, USN 14 Aug 1937 May 1938 |
Lt.Cdr. Ruthledge Barker Tomkins, USN 1940 | |
Cdr. Robert Hall Smith, USN 1941 |