Allied Warships

USS Perkins (DD 377)

Destroyer of the Mahan class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Mahan
Pennant	DD 377
Built by	Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton, Washington, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	15 Aug 1934
Launched	31 Dec 1934
Commissioned	18 Sep 1936
Lost	29 Nov 1943
Loss position	9° 39'S, 150° 04'E

History	USS Perkins (Lt.Cdr. Gerald Lyle Ketchum, USN) was sunk in a collision with the Australian troop ship HMAS Duntroon off Cape Vogel, New Guinea in position 09º39'S, 150º04'E, 9 of her crew were lost.

Commands listed for USS Perkins (DD 377)

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	Commander	From	To
1	John Peter Vetter, USN	27 May 1938	4 Jun 1940
2	Lt.Cdr. Timothy Francis Wellings, USN	4 Jun 1940	12 Oct 1941
3	Stephen Ray Benford, USN	12 Oct 1941	12 Dec 1941
4	Lt.Cdr. Walter Chilcott Ford, USN	12 Dec 1941	25 Feb 1943
5	T/Cdr. Gerald Lyle Ketchum, USN	25 Feb 1943	29 Nov 1943

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Notable events involving Perkins include:

17 May 1942
HrMs Tromp (Cdr. J.B. de Meester, RNN) departed Sydney for sea. She was ordered to perform an A/S search off Sydney together with the brand new Australian destroyer HMAS Arunta (Cdr. J.C. Morrow, DSO, RAN) and the US destroyer USS Perkins (Lt.Cdr. W.C. Ford, USN).

The previous day the Russian freighter Uelen (5106 GRT, built 1913) was attacked to the north of Sydney by the Japanese submarine I-29.

All three Allied ships returned to Sydney later the same day having found no enemy submarine. (1)