Destroyer of the Bristol class
| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Bristol |
| Pennant | DD 648 |
| Built by | Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 15 Nov, 1942 |
| Launched | 28 Feb, 1943 |
| Commissioned | 16 Apr, 1943 |
| Lost | 3 Jan, 1944 |
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| History | After returning from her third convoy duty, the Turner was anchored off Sandy Hook, New Jersey waiting to go to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for repairs. the next morning, a series of unknown explosions rocked her ammunition storage areas, turning the ship into an inferno. Another explosion ripped the bottom out of the Turner and she sank by the stern taking with her 15 officers and 138 ratings. 165 survivors were taken to the hospital at Sandy Hook, their lives saved by blood plasma being flown in from New York by helicoper ! |
| Noteable events involving Turner (ii) include: 24 May, 1943
USS Turner picks up 2 survivors from the Canadian sailing vessel Angelus that was shelled and sunk on 19 May 1943 north of Bermuda in position 38º40'N, 64º00'W by the German submarine U-161 |
