Destroyer of the Benson / Gleaves class
| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Benson / Gleaves |
| Pennant | DD 424 |
| Built by | Bath Iron Works (Bath, Maine, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 8 Aug, 1938 |
| Launched | 18 May, 1940 |
| Commissioned | 1 Aug, 1940 |
| End service | Jun, 1946 |
| Loss position | |
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| History | Decommissioned in June 1946.
Stricken 31 July 1968.
Sold 16 August 1973 and broken up for scrap. |
| Noteable events involving Niblack include: 11 Apr, 1941
While picking up survivors from the Dutch merchant Saleier, the US destroyer USS Niblack (LtCdr Edward R. Durgin) picked up a sonar contact and attacked it with 3 depth charges. This action is often mentioned as first military action between Germany and the USA in the Second World War, but no U-boat reported being under attack on that day in the area, so the contact was probably false. 19 May, 1944
The German submarine U-960 was sunk in the Mediterranean north-west of Algiers, in position 37º20'N, 01º35'E, by the US destroyers USS Niblack, USS Ludlow and Wellingtons (Sqdn 36) and Venturas (Sqdn 500). (see map) |
