USS Duncan (i) (DD-485)
| Navy | US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Bristol |
| Pennant | DD 485 |
| Built by | Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New York, U.S.A.) |
| Laid down | 31 Jul 1941 |
| Launched | 20 Feb 1942 |
| Commissioned | 16 Apr 1942 |
| Lost | 12 Oct 1942 |
| Loss position | off Savo, Solomon Islands, |
| History | USS Duncan (Lt. Cdr Edmund .B. Taylor) made a daring one ship attack and found herself between Japanese and American battle groups resulting in receiving more than 50 hits. When she sank 43 men and 5 officers were lost also. 195 men were rescued from the shark infested waters by USS McCalla (Lt.Cdr. W.G. Cooper). |
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