USS Callaghan (DD-792) [SEP] vessel class
USS Callaghan (DD-792)
USS "Callaghan" (DD-792), a "Fletcher"-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan (1890–1942), who was killed in action in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism during the action.
"Callaghan" was launched 1 August 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Pedro, Calif.; sponsored by Mrs. D. J. Callaghan; commissioned 27 November 1943, Commander F. J. Johnson in command;
the German submarine U-371 off Cape Bougaroun, Algeria, 12 October 1943.
USS "Brownson" (DD-518) sunk by Japanese aircraft off Cape Gloucester, New Britain Island, 26 December 1943.
USS "Buck" (DD-420) sunk after being torpedoed by the German submarine U-616 off Salerno, Italy, 9 October 1943.
USS "Bush" (DD-529) sunk after being hit by three "kamikaze" aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, 6 April 1945.
USS "Callaghan" (DD-792)