USS Duncan (DD-485)

USS Duncan (DD-485)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Duncan.

Career
Builder:	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Laid down:	31 July 1941
Launched:	20 February 1942
Commissioned:	16 April 1942
Fate:	Sank on 12 October 1942, north of Savo Island
General characteristics
Class & type:	Gleaves-class destroyer
Displacement:	1,630 tons
Length:	348 ft 3 in (106.15 m)
Beam:	36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
Draft:	11 ft 10 in (3.61 m)
Propulsion:	50,000 shp (37 MW); 4 boilers; 2 propellers
Speed:	37.4 knots (69 km/h)
Range:	6,500 nautical miles at 12 kn (12,000 km at 22 km/h)
Complement:	16 officers, 260 enlisted
Armament:	4 × 5 in (127 mm)/ 38 cal dual purpose guns, 6 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns, 6 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons, 10 × 21 in (53 cm) torpedo tubes, 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Duncan (DD-485), a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Silas Duncan, who was severely wounded by enemy fire which caused the loss of his right arm during the Battle of Lake Champlain, 11 September 1814.

Duncan was launched 20 February 1942 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, New Jersey; sponsored by Mrs. D. C. Thayer; and commissioned 16 April 1942, Lieutenant Commander E. B. Taylor in command.