USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390)
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| Namesake: | Ralph Talbot |
| Builder: | Boston Navy Yard |
| Laid down: | 28 October 1935 |
| Launched: | 31 October 1936 |
| Commissioned: | 14 October 1937 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 August 1946 |
| Struck: | 5 April 1948 |
| Fate: | Sunk, 8 March 1948 |
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| Class and type: | Bagley-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,325 tons (2362 t) |
| Length: | 341 ft 4 in (104.04 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 6 in (10.82 m) |
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| Speed: | 35 kn (65 km/h) |
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| Complement: | 158 Officers and Enlisted |
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USS Ralph Talbot (DD-390) was a Bagley-class destroyer in the United States Navy, named for USMC Second Lieutenant Ralph Talbot (1897–1918), who was awarded the Medal of Honor during World War I. Talbot served in the Pacific Theater during World War II, from the attack on Pearl Harbor through the battle of Okinawa, earning 14 battle stars for her service.
Ralph Talbot was laid down at the Boston Navy Yard 28 October 1935; launched 31 October 1936; sponsored by Mrs. Mary Talbot, mother of Lieutenant Talbot; and commissioned 14 October 1937, Lieutenant Commander H. R. Thurber in command.On 21 September 1938 during the New England Hurricane, the frigate USS Constitution rammed into the Ralph Talbot after breaking loose.
Prior to the U.S. entry into World War II, Ralph Talbot, assigned to Destroyers, Battle Force, operated in the eastern Pacific. In early 1941, she began a major overhaul at Mare Island Naval Shipyard in Vallejo, California and in April 1941, she rejoined the fleet at San Diego. At midmonth, she steamed to Pearl Harbor whence she operated for the remainder of the year.
Moored at Pearl Harbor on the morning of 7 December 1941, the crew of the Ralph Talbot manned her guns and began preparations for getting underway within minutes of the start of the Japanese attack. By 0900 she was en route out of the harbor having already splashed her first enemy aircraft. After the attack, she searched for enemy submarines and, on the 14th, sortied with Task Force 14 (TF 14) on the first of a series of carrier force screening assignments.
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