USS
Porter (DD-800)
Fletcher Class Destroyer
Last update: 10 June 2003
CLASS - FLETCHER As Built.
Displacement 2924 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 376' 5"(oa) x 39' 7" x 13'
9" (Max)
Armament 5 x 5"/38AA, 4 x 1.1" AA, 4 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 38 Knots, Range 6500 NM@ 15 Knots, Crew 273.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding, Seattle. 6 July 1943.
Launched 13 March 1944 and commissioned 24 June 1944.
Decommissioned 3 July 1946, recommissioned 9 February 1951.
Decommissioned 10 August 1953.
Stricken 1 October 1972.
Fate - Sold 21 March 1974 and broken up for scrap.
The fourth Porter was commissioned 24 June 1944 in Seattle, Washington. After shakedown off San Diego, Porter trained with Task Force 92 and made an offensive sweep against the Japanese naval base at Suribachi Wan, Paramushiru. Porter
patricipated in the first extensive sweep by surface vessels into the Japanese-controlled
Sea of Okhotsk. In doing so, DD-800 encountered a small convoy and
sank a 2,000-ton Japanese merchantman with gunfire. During the Korean
conflict, USS Porter (DD-800) served
in Korean waters with Task Force 95 and joined the ranks of the "Trainbusters
Club", destroying one North Korean train and damaging two. She was
placed out of commission on 10 August 1953. Porter
earned one battle star for World War II service and one battle star for Korean
War service. These are represented on the crest of the fifth Porter DDG-78.
From Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
Porter IV
(DD-800: dp. 2,940 (f.)- l. 376'5";
b. 39'7"; dr. 13'9"; s. 35 k.; cpl.329; a. 5 5", 10 40mm, 7 20mm, 10 21"
tt., 2 dct., 6 dcp.; cl. Fletcher).
The fourth Porter
(DD-800)
was laid down by the Todd Pacific Shipyards, Inc., Seattle, Wash., 6 July
1943; launched 13 March 1944; sponsored by Miss Georgiana Porter Cusachs;
and commissioned 24 June 1944; Comdr. R. R. Prince in command.
After shakedown
off San Diego, Porter sailed for duty off Adak, Alaska 16 September
1944. On 21 November 1944, with Task Force 92, she made an offensive sweep
against the Kurile Islands and bombarded enemy military installations on
Matsuwa. She made another offensive sweep against the Japanese naval base
at Suribachi Wan, Paramushiru, 5 January 1945, and on the night of 18 February
bombarded Kurabu Zaki, Paramushiru. On 15 May Porter participated
in the first extensive sweep by surface vessels into the Japanese controlled
Sea of Okhotsk, bombarding Suribachi Wan during the retirement. Porter
bombarded Matsuma again on 10 and 11 June. On 25 June, during another sweep
of the Sea of Okhotsk, Porter encountered a small convoy and sank
a 2,000-ton Japanese merchantman with gunfire.
When V-J Day came
Porter
was undergoing overhaul at Portland, Oreg., where she remained until 1
September. After escorting Enterprise from Seattle to San Francisco,
Porter
underwent refresher training at San Diego, then steamed for the east coast.
On 3 July 1946 Porter was placed out of commission, in reserve,
attached to the U.S. Atlantic Reserve Fleet, berthed at Charleston.
Recommissioned 9
February 1951, Porter served in Korean waters from 18 June to 14
September 1952 with TF 95. A member of the "Trainbusters Club," she destroyed
one North Korean train and damaged 2. She was placed out of commission,
in reserve, berthed at Norfolk, Va., 10 August 1953, where she remains
into 1970 as a unit of the Atlantic Reserve
Porter earned
one battle star for World War II service and one battle star for Korean
War service.
WW II Combat Actions:
| Date |
Operation |
Task Force |
Action |
Reference |
|
16 September 1944 - 15 August 1945
|
|
92
|
Aleutians - Kuriles raids
|
1
|
|
1? - 25 November 44
|
|
92
|
raid Matsuwa, Kuriles |
1
|
|
03 - 13 January 19
|
|
92
|
raid Kuriles
|
1
|
|
16 - 20 February 1945
|
|
92
|
raid Paramushiru
|
1
|
|
March 1945
|
|
92
|
raid Matsuwa
|
|
|
May 1945
|
|
92
|
shell Paramushiru
|
1
|
|
03 June 1945
|
|
92
|
damaged in collision with cable ship Silveradooff Kuluk Bay,Adak,
Alaska
|
|
|
10 - 12 June 1945
|
|
92
|
shell Matsuwa
|
1
|
|
26 - 30 June 1945
|
|
92
|
antishipping sweep off Kuriles
|
1
|
|
30 June 1945
|
|
92
|
attacking convoy - sinking transport SW of Paramushiro
|
|
|
0? - 14 August 1945
|
|
92
|
raid Paramushiru
|
|
|
31 August - 08 September 1945
|
|
|
Honshu occupation
|
|
References Used for this page:
1) Dictionary
of American Naval Fighting Ships
2) Naval Historical Center,
Dep. of Navy, Wash. HyperWar: World War II on the World Wide Web
Internet References:
3) HyperWar:
World War II on the World Wide Web
America
at War: WWII (1945)
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