USS Jarvis (DD-393)

Navy	US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Bagley
Pennant	DD 393
Built by	Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton, Washington, U.S.A.)
Laid down	21 Aug 1935
Launched	6 May 1937
Commissioned	27 Oct 1937
Lost	9 Aug 1942
Loss position	09.42S, 158.59E (south of Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands)
History	USS Jarvis (Lt Cmdr William Walter Graham, Jr.) was sunk by Japanese aircraft south-east of Guadalcanal Her entire crew of 256 was lost with the ship.
9 Aug 1942	The USS Jarvis was hit by an aerial torpedo while escorting troopships at the Guadalcanal landings. It opened a hole 50 feet long in her boiler room. After emergency repairs, she attempted to set sail at a speed of 8 knots for Brisbane when Japanese dive-bombers torpedoed her. The destroyer broke in two and sank with the lose of the entire 256-man crew.
Commander	Lt.Cdr. Robert Raymond Ferguson,  USN  27 Oct 1937
	Lt.Cdr. Corydon Halstead Kimball,   USN  1940
	Cdr. James Russell Topper,            USN   1941
	Cdr. William Rudolph Thayer,          USN   Jan 1942
	Lt.Cdr. William Walter Graham, Jr.  USN 17 May 1942  -  9 Aug.1942(+)