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USS PATTERSON (DD-392)

CLASS - BAGLEY As Built.
Displacement 2245 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 341' 4" (oa) x 35' 6" x 12' 10" (Max)
Armament 4 x 5"/38AA, 4 x 0.5" MG, 16 x 21" tt.(4x4).
Machinery, 49,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 38.5 Knots, Range 6500 NM@ 12 Knots, Crew 158.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Puget Sound Navy Yard July 23 1935.
Launched May 6 1937 and commissioned September 22 1937.
Decommissioned November 8 1945.
Stricken February 25 1947.
Fate Sold August 18 1947 and broken up for scrap.

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Patterson 59kPhoto #: NH 43178. Captain Daniel Todd Patterson, U.S. Navy, (1786-1839) portrait in oils by John Wesley Jarvis. Courtesy of Major S.A.W. Patterson, USMC (Retired). U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Patterson 19kUndated, location unknown.Christopher Karwowski
Patterson 79kUndated, location unknown.Robert M. Cieri
Patterson 128kUSS Patterson (DD-392) (left) and USS Jarvis (DD-393) Leaving the building dock after their christening ceremony, at the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, 7 May 1937. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Patterson 86kUSS Patterson (DD-392) off the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, 22 December 1937. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Patterson 83kUSS Patterson (DD-392) off Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, 22 December 1937 (USN Photo No NH 70481).Robert Hurst
Patterson 120kUSS Patterson (DD-392) Moored at the outboard end of a nest of destroyers, 25 April 1938. Other identifiable ships in the group include USS Henley (DD-391) and USS Borie (DD-215). Note that main gun directors have been temporarily removed from atop Patterson's and Henley's pilothouses.U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Patterson 81kUSS Patterson at sea, 20 May 1938. Note that her main gun director has been temporarily removed from atop her pilothouse (USN Photo No NH 74275).Robert Hurst
Patterson 143kUSS Patterson underway, circa 1939 (USN Photo No NH 50767).Robert Hurst
Patterson 144k1942 photo showing the Bagley class torpedo tube arrangement. Some of the Bagleys lost two of these mounts in later refits, to make room for A.A. guns.-
Patterson 78kUSS Patterson (DD-392) in Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, in mid-May 1942. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.Fred Weiss
Patterson 73kBattle of Savo Island, 9 August 1942, U.S. destroyers remove the crew from the fatally-damaged HMAS Canberra, off Guadalcanal at about 0630 on the morning of 9 August 1942, following the Battle of Savo Island. USS Blue (DD-387) is alongside Canberra's port bow, as USS Patterson (DD-392) approaches from astern. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Fred Weiss
Patterson 45kUSS Patterson (DD-392) alongside the burning Australian heavy cruiser HMAS Canberra (left), after being crushed by a hail of Japanese shells and hits by two torpedoes, during the Savo Island debacle. Photo from United States Destroyer Operations in World War II, by Theodore Roscoe.Robert Hurst
Patterson 56kShips of Destroyer Squadron Four firing offset gunnery practice inside the Great Barrier Reef about ten miles north of the Palm Islands, off the Australian coast, 9 October 1942. The two ships are USS Mugford (DD-389), at left and, USS Patterson (DD-392), photographed from USS Helm (DD-388) USN Photo No 80-G-32149.Robert Hurst
Patterson 144kNavy Photo 1521-44, aft plan view of USS Patterson (DD 392) at Mare Island on 5 Mar 44. Patterson was in overhual at Mare Island from 20 Dec 43 until 6 Mar 44.Darryl Baker
Patterson 96kNavy Photo 1523-44, forward plan view of USS Patterson (DD 392) at Mare Island on 5 Mar 44. Patterson was in overhual at Mare Island from 20 Dec 43 until 6 Mar 44. The ship is painted in camouflage Measure 32, Design 2c.Darryl Baker
Patterson 100kMarch 6 1944, after a refit at Mare Island.Robert Hurst
Patterson 146kUSS Patterson (DD-392) refueling at sea from an unidentified oiler, while taking part in the Lingayen operation, 12 January 1945. Photographed from USS Makin Island (CVE-93). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.Fred Weiss

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