USS Dunlap (DD-384)
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| Namesake: | Robert H. Dunlap, USMC |
| Builder: | United Shipyards, Inc., Staten Island, New York City |
| Laid down: | 10 April 1935 |
| Launched: | 18 April 1936 |
| Commissioned: | 12 June 1937 |
| Decommissioned: | 14 December 1945 |
| Fate: | sold 31 December 1947 |
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| Class and type: | Mahan-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,490 tons |
| Length: | 341 ft 4 in (104 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft (10.7 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 10 in (2.8 m) |
| Speed: | 37 knots (69 km/h) |
| Complement: | 158 officers and crew |
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USS Dunlap (DD–384) was a Mahan-class destroyer in the United States Navy before and during World War II. She was named after Brigadier General Robert H. Dunlap, USMC. In some references she is listed as a Dunlap-class destroyer. Captain was Clifton Iverson, who earned the Naval Cross during Vella Gulf battle.
Dunlap was launched 18 April 1936 by United Shipyards, Inc., New York, New York; sponsored by Mrs. Katherine Wood Dunlap, widow of Brigadier General Dunlap; and commissioned 12 June 1937, Commander A. E. Schrader in command.
Dunlap operated along the east coast on training duty, and in June 1938 served as escort at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the MS Kungsholm, carrying the Crown Prince of Sweden. On 1 September she got underway for the west coast; except for a cruise to the Caribbean and east coast for a fleet problem and overhaul in the first 6 months of 1939, Dunlap served along the west coast until 2 April 1940 when she sailed for Pearl Harbor, her new home port.
On 7 December 1941, during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Dunlap was at sea bound for Pearl Harbor with TF 8 after ferrying planes to Wake Island. She entered Pearl Harbor next day and patrolled in the Hawaiian area until 11 January 1942 when she sortied with TF 8 for air strikes on the Marshal Islands, returning 5 February. After taking part in the raid on Wake Island of 24 February, she continued to patrol in the Hawaiian area until 22 March, then escorted convoys between various ports on the west coast until returning to Pearl Harbor 22 October 1942.
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