Allied Warships

USS Jarvis (i) (DD 393)

Destroyer of the Bagley class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Bagley
Pennant	DD 393
Built by	Puget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton, Washington, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	21 Aug 1935
Launched	6 May 1937
Commissioned	27 Oct 1937
Lost	9 Aug 1942
Loss position	9° 42'S, 158° 59'E

History	USS Jarvis (Lt.Cdr. William Walter Graham, Jr., USN) was sunk by Japanese aircraft south-east of Guadalcanal in position 09º42'S, 158º59'E on 9 August 1942. Her entire crew was lost with the ship.

Commands listed for USS Jarvis (i) (DD 393)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt.Cdr. Corydon Halstead Kimball, USN	10 Jun 1939	15 Jun 1941 (1)
2	Leonidas Walthall Pancoast, USN	15 Jun 1941	15 Jul 1941
3	Cdr. James Russell Topper, USN	15 Jul 1941	20 Dec 1941 (1)
4	William Rudolph Thayer, USN	20 Dec 1941	17 May 1942
5	William Walter Graham, Jr., USN	17 May 1942	9 Aug 1942 (+)

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Notable events involving Jarvis (i) include:

9 Aug 1942
The USS Jarvis was hit by an aerial torpedo while escorting troopships at the Guadalcanal landings. It opened a hole 50 feet long in her boiler room. After emergency repairs, she attempted to set sail at a speed of 8 knots for Brisbane when Japanese dive-bombers torpedoed her. The destroyer broke in two and sank with the entire 247-man crew. (2)