USS Selfridge (DD-357)
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USS Selfridge (DD-357)
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 United States
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| Builder: | New York Shipbuilding Corporation |
| Laid down: | 18 December 1933 |
| Launched: | 18 April 1936 |
| Commissioned: | 25 November 1936 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 October 1945 |
| Struck: | 1 November 1945 |
| Fate: | Sold 20 December 1946 and scrapped |
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| Class and type: | Porter-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,850 tons, 2,597 tons full |
| Length: | 381 ft (116 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 2 in (11.02 m) |
| Draught: | 10 ft 5 in (3.18 m) |
| Propulsion: | 50,000 shp (37,285 kW); geared turbines, 2 screws |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,500 nm@ 12 knots (12,000 km@ 22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 194 |
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The second USS Selfridge (DD-357) was a Porter-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She named for Rear Admiral Thomas O. Selfridge (1804–1902) and his son, Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr. (1836–1924).
Selfridge was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation at Camden in New Jersey on 18 December 1933, launched on 18 April 1936 and commissioned at Philadelphia on 25 November 1936, Commander H.D. Clarke in command.
Selfridge conducted her shakedown cruise in the Mediterranean in January and February 1937 and returned to the east coast, via the Caribbean, in March. From April into August, she underwent post-shakedown overhaul at, and conducted training exercises out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In September, Presidential escort duties took her to Poughkeepsie, New York; and, in October, she proceeded to Norfolk, Virginia, whence she got underway for the Panama Canal Zone and duty with the Battle Force in the Pacific. Diverted back to Norfolk for another Presidential escort mission in early November, she got underway again for the west coast on 9 December 1937.
Selfridge transited the Panama Canal and joined the Battle Force as flagship of Destroyer Squadron (Des-Ron) 4 on 13 December 1937 and reached San Diego, California on the 22nd. Except for fleet problems and exercises, she remained in the southern California area for the next two years. In 1940, she was reassigned to Pearl Harbor, whence she operated until after the Japanese attack on 7 December 1941. That day, Selfridge, having just completed an escort run from Palmyra Island, was moored in berth X-9. Within five minutes of the start of the bombing, Selfridge's guns were firing on the Japanese planes. By 1300, manned by a mixed crew from various ships, she was underway and soon thereafter joined other ships in patrolling off Oahu.
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