USS O'Brien (DD-415)
O'Brien c. 1940
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| Name: | USS O'Brien |
| Builder: | Boston Navy Yard |
| Laid down: | 31 May 1938 |
| Launched: | 20 February 1939 |
| Commissioned: | 2 March 1940 |
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| Fate: | Suffered structural damage as a result of being torpedoed by I-19 15 September 1942, foundered on 19 October 1942 (all hands saved) |
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| Class and type: | Sims-class destroyer |
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| Length: | 348 ft, 3¼ in, (106.15 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft, 1 in (11 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft, 4.5 in (4.07 m) |
| Propulsion: | High-pressure super-heated boilers, geared turbines with twin screws, 50,000 horsepower |
| Speed: | 35 knots |
| Range: | 3,660 nautical miles at 20 kt (6,780 km at 37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 192 (10 officers/182 enlisted) |
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USS O'Brien (DD-415) was a World War II-era Sims-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy, named in honor of Captain Jeremiah O'Brien and his five brothers, Gideon, John, William, Dennis and Joseph, who captured HMS Margaretta on 12 June 1775 during the American revolution.
O’Brien was laid down at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, on 31 May 1938; launched on 20 October 1939; sponsored by Miss Josephine O’Brien Campbell, a great-great-great granddaughter of Gideon O’Brien; and commissioned on 2 March 1940, with Lieutenant Commander Carl F. Espe in command. Since this warship was built in a drydock, along with the destroyers Walke, Lansdale, and Madison, the christening and commissioning ceremonies were combined.
Following her commissioning, O'Brien operated along the Eastern Seaboard of the United States.
After drydocking and repairs during the fall of 1941, O'Brien left Norfolk, Virginia on 15 January 1942 along with the battleship Idaho and the destroyer Mustin, and then steamed for the Pacific Ocean. Transiting the Panama Canal on 20 January, the trio of ships arrived in San Francisco, California, on 31 January.
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