USS Spence (DD-512)

Navy	US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Fletcher
Pennant	DD 512
Built by	Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.)
Laid down	18 May 1942
Launched	27 Oct 1942
Commissioned	8 Jan 1943
Lost	18 Dec 1944
Loss position	114º57'N, 127º58'E, capsized during a typhoon in the Philippine Sea,
History	Foundered in a typhoon east of Samar in position 14º57'N, 127º58'E, 314 casualties lost, and only 23 survivors.