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USS Porter, a 1850-ton destroyer, was built at Camden, New Jersey. Commissioned in August 1936, she operated in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans prior to World War II. She remained in the Pacific after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and participated in the Guadalcanal campaign beginning in October 1942. On 26 October, during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, Porter was fatally damaged by a torpedo and had to be sunk by another U.S. Navy ship.
USS Porter (DD-356) was named in honor of Commodore David Porter, USN (1780-1843) and his son, Admiral David Dixon Porter, USN (1813-1891).
This page features views of USS Porter.
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Photo #: NH 66338 USS Porter (DD-356) Off Yorktown, Virginia, 19 April 1939. Courtesy of the Mariners Museum, Newport News, Virginia. Ted Stone Collection. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 89KB; 740 x 605 pixels |
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Photo #: 19-N-26239 USS Porter (DD-356) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 4 November 1941, following her last pre-war overhaul. Note that an "FC" radar antenna has been fitted to her main battery director. Her mast has been modified to receive the antenna for an "SC" radar set, but the antenna has not yet been installed. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 50KB; 740 x 600 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-35345 USS Porter (DD-356) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 10 July 1942. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 625 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-35344 USS Porter (DD-356) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 10 July 1942. Note barrage balloons aloft in the distance. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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