USS Rowan (DD-405)
The USS Rowan receiving provisions via "high-line" from USS Augusta (CA-31) while operating at sea, 4 December 1942.
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| Namesake: | Stephen C. Rowan |
| Builder: | Norfolk Navy Yard |
| Laid down: | 25 June 1937 |
| Launched: | 5 May 1938 |
| Commissioned: | 23 September 1939 |
| Fate: | sunk by enemy action, 11 September 1943 |
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| Class and type: | Benham-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1850 tons (full) |
| Length: | 340 ft 6 in |
| Beam: | 35 ft 5 in |
| Draft: | 17 ft 3 in |
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| Speed: | 37 knots |
| Complement: | 175 officers and enlisted |
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The third USS Rowan (DD-405) was a Benham-class destroyer named for Stephen C. Rowan. Rowan was in the Atlantic when the United States entered World War II, and was one of the United States Navy ships joining the British Home Fleet for the battle of convoy PQ 17. Rowan later engaged French warships in the Naval Battle of Casablanca while supporting Operation Torch. Rowan then defended convoy UGS 6 before supporting the invasion of Sicily. Rowan was sunk by E-boats off Salerno during the allied invasion of Italy.
Rowan was laid down on 25 June 1937 by the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia; launched 5 May 1938; sponsored by Miss Elizabeth H. Rowan, great granddaughter of Vice Admiral Rowan; and commissioned 23 September 1939, Lieutenant Commander B. R. Harrison, Jr., in command.
After shakedown in the Caribbean, Rowan departed Norfolk on 17 May 1940 for duty in the Pacific, based at San Diego, California. During the spring of 1941, however, U.S. involvement in the war in Europe increased. In May the limits of the Neutrality Patrol were extended and the Navy gradually expanded its responsibilities for protecting transatlantic convoys.
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