USS Jarvis (DD-393)
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| Namesake: | James C. Jarvis |
| Builder: | Puget Sound Navy Yard |
| Laid down: | 21 August 1935 |
| Launched: | 6 May 1937 |
| Commissioned: | 27 October 1937 |
| Fate: | Sunk by Japanese aircraft off Guadalcanal 9 August 1942. |
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| Class and type: | Bagley-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,325 tons (full), 1,500 tons (light) |
| Length: | 341 ft 8 in (104.14 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
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| Speed: | 38.5 knots (71.3 km/h) |
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| Complement: | 158 (254 wartime) |
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USS Jarvis (DD-393), a Bagley-class destroyer, was the 2nd ship of the United States Navy to be named for James C. Jarvis, a U.S. Navy midshipman who was killed at the age of 13 during the Quasi-War with France.
She saw service in the Pacific in the early months of World War II, and participated in the invasion of Guadalcanal.
She was sunk to the south of Guadalcanal on 9 August 1942, with all hands - one of only two American major surface warships to be lost in WWII with no survivors.
The second Jarvis (DD-393) was laid down by Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington, 21 August 1935; launched 6 May 1937; sponsored by Mrs Thomas T. Craven, wife of Vice Admiral Craven; and commissioned 27 October 1937, Lieutenant Commander R. R. Ferguson in command.
Clearing Puget Sound 4 January 1938, Jarvis operated along the California coast and in the Caribbean until 1 April 1940 when she departed San Diego for fleet exercises off the Hawaiian Islands. She arrived Pearl Harbor 26 April, cruised the Pacific to Midway and Johnston Islands, and steamed to San Francisco 8 February 1941 for overhaul. Returning to Pearl Harbor 17 April to commence more than seven months of intensive maneuvers as part of Destroyer Division Eight (DesDiv 8) of Destroyer Squadron Four, she put into Pearl Harbor 4 December following exercises off Maui Island.
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