Destroyer Saufley

Saufley

Country	United States
Ship Class	Fletcher-class Destroyer
Builder	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey, United States
Laid Down	27 Jan 1942
Launched	19 Jul 1942
Commissioned	29 Aug 1942
Decommissioned	12 Jun 1946
Displacement	2,050 tons standard; 2,924 tons full
Length	376 feet
Beam	40 feet
Draft	14 feet
Machinery	General Electric geared turbines with two screws
Power Output	60,000 shaft horsepower
Speed	38 knots
Range	6,500nm at 15 knots
Crew	273
Armament	5x5" guns, 4x1.1" anti-aircraft, 4x20mm anti-aircraft, 10x21" torpedo tubes
Recommission	15 Dec 1949
Second Decommission	29 Jan 1965

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Line drawing of the Fletcher-class destroyer.

Saufley Operational Timeline

29 Aug 1942	Saufley was commissioned into service.
23 Aug 1943	Shortly after midnight, destroyers USS Nicholas, USS Chevalier, USS O’Bannon, USS Taylor, USS Saufley, USS Cony, and USS Renshaw made a patrol through Vella Gulf, Solomon Islands without locating any shipping. Persistent air attacks from Japanese aircraft resulted in no damage.
6 Oct 1943	Destroyers USS Nicholas, USS Saufley, and USS Fletcher departed Tulagi escorting a convoy of LSTs to Barakoma, Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands.
8 Oct 1943	Destroyers USS Nicholas, USS Saufley, and USS Fletcher covered a convoy of LSTs unloading at Barakoma, Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands.
9 Oct 1943	Destroyers USS Nicholas, USS Saufley, and USS Fletcher arrived at Tulagi, Solomon Islands.
27 Nov 1944	US Navy Task Group 77.2 consisting of battleships USS Maryland, USS West Virginia, USS Colorado, and USS New Mexico, cruisers USS Denver, USS St. Louis, USS Columbia, USS Minneapolis, and USS Montpelier, destroyers USS Nicholas, USS Waller, USS Eaton, USS Cony, USS Mustin, USS Conway, USS Pringle, USS Lang, USS Sigourney, USS Saufley, USS Aulick, USS Renshaw, USS Taylor, USS Edwards, and USS Mugford, tanker USS Caribou, and other patrol craft were patrolling in Leyte Gulf, Philippines when the group came under a concentrated Japanese special air attack from 20 to 30 aircraft. All but two of the Japanese planes dived on the formation in the sustained attack. Submarine chaser SC-744 was sunk and battleship Colorado and cruisers St. Louis and Montpelier were damaged.
29 Nov 1944	US Navy Task Group 77.2 consisting of battleships USS Maryland, USS West Virginia, and USS New Mexico, cruisers USS Denver, USS Columbia, USS Minneapolis, USS Montpelier, and USS Portland, destroyers USS Nicholas, USS Waller, USS Cony, USS Conway, USS Pringle, USS Lang, USS Saufley, USS Aulick, USS Renshaw, USS Edwards, USS Mugford, and USS Connor, and other patrol craft were patrolling in Leyte Gulf, Philippines when the group came under a Japanese air attack where special attack aircraft that damaged Maryland, Saufley, and Aulick.
12 Jun 1946	Saufley was decommissioned from service.

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