Naval Warfare

USS Reuben James (DD-245)

Destroyer Warship [ 1920 ]

USS Reuben James DD-245 became the first United States Navy warship to be lost in the fighting of World War 2 when torpedoed on October 31st, 1941.

Authored By: Staff Writer | Last Edited: 09/26/2018 | Content ©www.MilitaryFactory.com

Specifications

Service Year

1920

Origin

United States

Status

LOST-IN-ACTION
No Longer in Service.

Complement

159
PERSONNEL

Class

Clemson-class

Number-in-Class

156
VESSELS

Ships-in-Class

USS Clemson (); USS Dalhgren (); USS Goldsborough (); USS Semmes (); USS Satterie (); USS Mason (); USS Graham (); USS Abel P. Upshur (); USS Hunt (); USS Welborn C. Wood (); USS George E. Badger (); USS Branch (); USS Herndon (); USS Dallas (); USS Chandler (); USS Southard (); USS Hovey (); USS Long (); USS Broome (); USS Alden (); USS Smith Thompson (); USS Barker (); USS Tracy (); USS Borie (); USS John D. Edwards (); USS Whipple (); USS Parrott (); USS Edsall (); USS MacLeish (); USS Simpson (); USS Bulmer (); USS McCormick (); USS Stewart (); USS Pope (); USS Peary (); USS Pillsbury (); USS John D. Ford (); USS Truxtun (); USS Paul Jones (); USS Hatfield (); USS Brooks (); USS Gilmer (); USS Fox (); USS Kane; USS Humphreys (); USS McFarland (); USS James K. Paulding (); USS Overton (); USS Sturtevant (); USS Childs (); USS King (); USS Sands (); USS Williamson (); USS Reuben James (DD-245); USS Bainbridge (); USS Goff (); USS Barry (); USS Hopkins (); USS Lawrence (); USS Belknap (); USS McCook (); USS McCalla (); USS Rodgers (); USS Osmond Ingram (); USS Bancroft (); USS Welles (); USS Aulick (); USS Turner (); USS Gillis (); USS Delphy (); USS McDermut (); USS Laub (); USS McLanahan (); USS Edwards (); USS Greene (); USS Ballard (); USS Shubrick (); USS Bailey (); USS Thornton (); USS Morris (); USS Tingey (); USS Swasey (); USS Meade (); USS Sinclair (); USS McCawley (); USS Moody (); USS Henshaw (); USS Meyer (); USS Doyen (); USS Sharkey (); USS Toucey (); USS Breck (); USS Isherwood (); USS Case (); USS Lardner (); USS Putnam (); USS Worden (); USS Flusser (); USS Dale (); USS Converse (); USS Reid (); USS Billingsley (); USS Charles Ausburn (); USS Osborne (); USS Chauncy (); USS Fuller (); USS Percival (); USS John Francis Burnes (ex-Swasey) (); USS Farragut (); USS Somers (); USS Stoddert (); USS Reno (); USS Farquhar (); USS Thompson (); USS Kennedy (); USS Paul Hamilton (ex-Hamilton) (); USS William Jones (); USS Woodbury (); USS S.P. Lee (); USS Nicholas (); USS Young (); USS Zeilin (); USS Yarborough (); USS La Vallette (); USS Sloat (); USS Wood (); USS Shirk (); USS Kidder (); USS Selfridge (); USS Marcus (); USS Mervine (); USS Chase (); USS Robert Smith (); USS Mullany (); USS Coghlan (); USS Preston (); USS Lamson (); USS Bruce (); USS Hulls (); USS Macdonough (); USS Farenholt (); USS Sumner (); USS Corry (); USS Melvin (); USS Litchfield (); USS Zane (); USS Wasmuth (); USS Trever (); USS Perry (); USS Decatur (); USS Hulbert ()l USS Noa (); USS William B. Preston (); USS Preble (); USS Sicard (); USS Pruitt ()

United States

(OPERATORS list includes past, present, and future operators when applicable)

✓ Offshore Bombardment
Offshore bombardment / attack of surface targets / areas primarily through onboard ballistic weaponry.

✓ Land-Attack
Offshore strike of surface targets primarily through onboard missile / rocket weaponry.

✓ Maritime Patrol
Active patroling of vital waterways and maritime areas; can also serve as local deterrence against airborne and seaborne threats.

✓ Airspace Denial / Deterrence
Neutralization or deterrence of airborne elements through onboard ballistic of missile weaponry.

✓ Fleet Support
Serving in support (either firepower or material) of the main surface fleet in Blue Water environments.

Length

314.4 ft
95.83 m

Beam

31.7 ft
9.66 m

Draught

9.3 ft
2.83 m

Displacement

1,235
tons

Installed Power: 4 x Boilers feeding 2 x Geared steam turbines developing 27,600 horsepower to 2 x Shafts.

Surface Speed

35.0 kts
(40.3 mph)

Range

4,866 nm
(5,600 mi | 9,012 km)

4 x 4" (100mm) main guns.

1 x 3" (76mm) Anti-Aircraft (AA) gun.

12 x 21" (533mm) torpedo tubes.

Supported Types

Graphical image of a historical warship turreted main gun armament

Graphical image of an aircraft automatic cannon

Graphical image of an aircraft aerial torpedo

(Not all weapon types may be represented in the showcase above)

None.

Military lapel ribbon for the Cold War period

Military lapel ribbon for early warship designs

Military lapel ribbon for the Falklands War

Military lapel ribbon for the 1991 Gulf War

Military lapel ribbon for the Korean War

Military lapel ribbon representing modern aircraft

Military lapel ribbon for the Attack on Pearl Harbor

Military lapel ribbon for the Vietnam War

Military lapel ribbon for the World War 1

Military lapel ribbon for the World War 2

Ribbon graphics not necessarily indicative of actual historical campaign ribbons. Ribbons are clickable to their respective naval campaigns / operations / periods.

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