USS Porter (DD-356)
| Navy | US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Porter |
| Pennant | DD 356 |
| Built by | New York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
| Laid down | 18 Dec 1933 |
| Launched | 12 Dec 1935 |
| Commissioned | 25 Aug 1936 |
| Lost | 26 Oct 1942 |
| History | |
| She started
her service in the Atlantic, and was relocated to the Pacific Fleet in
1937. She left Pearl Harbor on the 5th of December, 1941 for a patrol
around the Hawaiian Islands, escaping the Japanese air raid. Then she
operated with Task Force 11, before joining Task Force 16, and left for
the Solomons. On 26 October, 1942, in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, USS Porter (Lt Cmdr David Gillies Roberts) was hit by a torpedo from a crashed American torpedo bomber. When the plane ditched the torpedo broke loose and hit the Porter. The crew abandoned her, and she was scuttled by gunfire from USS Shaw. USS Porter received 1 Battle Star for her services before her loss. |
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| Commanders | |
| Cdr. Forrest Betton Royal, USN from 25 Aug.1936 | |
| Cdr. Harry Draper Hoffman, USN from 1939 | |
| Cdr. Charles W. Weitzel, USN from 1940 | |
| Lt.Cdr. Frederick Irving Entwistle, USN from 1941 | |
| Lt.Cdr. David Gillies Roberts, USN from 1941 till 26Oct1942 | |
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