USS Anderson(DD 411)
| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Sims |
| Pennant | DD 411 |
| Built by | Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
| Laid down | 15 Nov 1937 |
| Launched | 4 Feb 1939 |
| Commissioned | 19 May 1939 |
| End service | 1 Jul 1946 |
| History |
At 1812 on 1st November 1944, an Nakajima Ki-43
"Oscar" fighter crashed into the ship's port side, aft of the break in the
deck. Anderson suffered 14 dead and 22
wounded. Two of the wounded later died. Sunk in the atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll in July 1946. Stricken 24 September 1946 |
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