USS Tucker (DD-374)

Casualty List

Navy US Navy
Type Destroyer
Class Mahan 
Pennant DD 374 
Built by Norfolk Navy Yard (Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.) 
Laid down 15 Aug 1934 
Launched 26 Feb 1936 
Commissioned 23 Jul 1936 
Lost 4 Aug 1942 
Loss position sunk by a mine in Segond Channel, New Hebrides,
History USS Tucker (Lt.Cdr. William Reginald Terrell, USN) was sunk by mining in Segond Channel, New Hebrides, 6 of her crew were killed and 21 wounded. The survivors were rescued by the SS Nira Luchenbach amongst them the Commanding officer Terrell.