USS Tucker (DD-374)
Navy | US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Mahan |
Pennant | DD 374 |
Built by | Norfolk Navy Yard (Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.) |
Laid down | 15 Aug 1934 |
Launched | 26 Feb 1936 |
Commissioned | 23 Jul 1936 |
Lost | 4 Aug 1942 |
Loss position | sunk by a mine in Segond Channel, New Hebrides, |
History | USS Tucker (Lt.Cdr. William Reginald Terrell, USN) was sunk by mining in Segond Channel, New Hebrides, 6 of her crew were killed and 21 wounded. The survivors were rescued by the SS Nira Luchenbach amongst them the Commanding officer Terrell. |