USS Perkins (DD-377)
Navy | US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Mahan |
Pennant | DD 377 |
Built by | Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton, Washington, U.S.A.) |
Laid down | 15 Aug 1934 |
Launched | 31 Dec 1934 |
Commissioned | 18 Sep 1936 |
Lost | 29 Nov 1943 |
Loss position | 09.39S, 150.04E off Cape Vogel, New Guinea |
History | Sunk in a collision with the Australian troop ship HMAS Duntroon in position 09º39'S, 150º04'E, 9 of her crew were lost. |
Commanders | |
Lt.Cdr. Samuel Power Jenkins, USN from 18 Sep 1936 | |
Lt.Cdr. John Peter Vetter, USN from 1939 | |
Lt.Cdr. Timothy Francis Wellings, USN from 1940 to June 1941 | |
Lt.Cdr. Walter Chilcot Ford, USN from Jun 1941 to Mar 1943 | |
Lt.Cdr. Walter E. Reed, USN from Mar 1943 |