USS Patterson (DD-392)
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| Namesake: | Daniel Todd Patterson |
| Builder: | Puget Sound Navy Yard |
| Laid down: | 23 July 1935 |
| Launched: | 6 May 1937 |
| Commissioned: | 22 September 1937 |
| Decommissioned: | 8 November 1945 |
| Struck: | 25 February 1947 |
| Fate: | Sold 18 August 1947 and broken up for scrap. |
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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 |
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USS Patterson (DD-392), a Bagley-class destroyer, was the 2nd ship of the United States Navy to be named for Daniel Todd Patterson, an officer of the US Navy that served in the Quasi-War with France, First Barbary War, and the War of 1812.
The second Patterson (DD-392) was laid down 23 July 1935 by the Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington; launched 6 May 1937; sponsored by Miss Elizabeth P. Patterson; and commissioned 22 September 1937, Commander Francis T. Spellman in command.
Patterson departed Puget Sound Navy Yard 26 November 1937, calling at San Francisco en route to Pearl Harbor, arriving 7 December. She returned to Puget Sound 22 December, trained in coastal waters until 31 March 1938, then cruised to Hawaii. She arrived at San Pedro from Hawaii 28 April for operations along the western seaboard and combined fleet maneuvers that once took her through the Panama Canal and into the Caribbean Sea. On 3 June 1940 she set course to patrol in the Hawaiian Sea Frontier area from Pearl Harbor to Midway and Palmyra. This duty continued for the next 18 months except for periods on the west coast for overhaul and training.
Patterson was moored at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese carrier-based planes attacked on 7 December 1941. Her gunners sped to battle stations, opened fire, and blasted one Japanese plane out of the sky. Within an hour, the destroyermen were searching for possible Japanese submarines off the harbor entrance.
Patterson patrolled the Hawaiian Sea Frontier in the screen of aircraft carrier Saratoga without finding trace of the Japanese. On 28 December, returning from patrol, she rescued 19 survivors of merchant ship Marimi adrift for several days after having been torpedoed by a Japanese submarine.
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