USS Strong (DD-467)
Navy | US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Fletcher |
Pennant | DD 467 |
Built by | Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.) |
Laid down | 30 Apr 1941 |
Launched | 17 May 1942 |
Commissioned | 7 Aug 1942 |
Lost | 5 Jul 1943 |
Loss position | 08.05S, 157.15E off New Georgia, Solomon Islands |
History | USS Strong (Cmdr Joseph Harold Wellings) was sunk after being torpedoed by a Japanese destroyer in position 08º05'S, 157º15'E. 46 of her crew were lost |