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Allied Warships

USS Ralph Talbot (DD 390)

Destroyer of the Bagley class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassBagley 
PennantDD 390 
Built byBoston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down28 Oct, 1935 
Launched31 Oct, 1936 
Commissioned14 Oct, 1937 
End service28 Aug, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryDamaged during the atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll in July 1946.
Decommissioned 28 August 1946.
Scuttled off Kwajalein 8 March 1948.
Stricken 5 April 1948. 

Noteable events involving Ralph Talbot include:

7 Dec, 1941
USS Ralph Talbot was present during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour. Ralph Talbot was part of the 2nd destroyer flotilla.

For Ralph Talbot's action report see this website (offsite link).


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