USS Little (i) (APD 4)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Wickes
Pennant	APD 4
Mod	High speed transport
Built by	Fore River Shipbuilding Co. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	18 Jun 1917
Launched	11 Nov 1917
Commissioned	6 Apr 1918
Lost	5 Sep 1942
Loss position	9° 20'S, 160° 01'E

History	Little was placed into reserve at Philadelphia in 1919 Reactivated on 4 January 1921 and decommissioned at Philadelphia on 5 July 1922 Little was converted into a high speed transport and reclassified APD-4 on 2 August 1940 Little was recommissioned as high speed transport on 4 November 1940 USS Little (Lt Cmdr Gus Brynolf Lofberg,Jr.) was sunk by Japanese destroyers off Guadalcanal in position 09º20'S, 160º01'E. 62 of the crew were killed which includes the Commanding officer and Transdivision 12 Cmdr Hugh William Hadley. The survivors which includes 27 wounded were also rescued by USS Manley.

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Kenneth Earl, USN	4 Nov 1940	11 Mar 1942 (1)
2	Lt.Cdr. Gustave Brynolf Lofberg, Jr., USN	11 Mar 1942	5 Sep 1942 (+)

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