Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
United States Navy — Destroyer DD-759

USS Lofberg

Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer

USS Lofberg
U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-83460 available at destroyerhistory.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — DD-759 The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Lofberg (DD-759) off San Francisco, California (USA), on 3 May 1945.

Service

  1. United States Navy as USS Lofberg26 April 1945 — 15 January 1971129 days of the war
Full service history About 714 words
Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer Particulars
Name
USS Lofberg
Pennant / hull number
DD-759
Namesake
Gus Brynolf Lofberg, Jr.
Builder
Bethlehem Steel, San Francisco
Laid down
4 November 1943
Launched
12 August 1944
Commissioned
26 April 1945
Decommissioned
15 January 1971
Struck
1 February 1973
Fate
To Taiwan 6 May 1974 and cannibalized for spare parts. (1974)
Status
Unknown

Specifications

Displacement, standard
2,200 long tons (2,235 t)
Length
114.6 m (376 ft)
Beam
12.19 m (40 ft)
Draught
4.57 m (15 ft)
Speed
34 knots (63 km/h, 39.1 mph)
Range
6,500 nmi (12,038 km)
Complement
336
Main gun
127 mm (5 in)

Gus Brynolf Lofberg, Jr., born in Manitou, Mich., 6 April 1903, graduated from the Naval Academy 2 June 1927. He served on board such ships as Concord (CL-10) , William B. Preston (DD-344), Mae Leish (DD-220). Arctic (AF-7), and California (BB-44) before receiving his first command, Little (DD-79) on 27 February 1942.

Six months later Little was engaged in the fierce struggle waged over Guadalcanal Island. On the night of 4 September 1942 his destroyer unhesitatingly challenged a vastly superior Japanese naval force then engaged in shelling American-held shore positions. Lieutenant Commander Lofberg was listed as "missing in action" after his ship was set afire and sunk. For this action he was posthumously awarded the Silver Star Medal.

Lofberg (DD-759) was laid down 4 November 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Co., San Francisco, Calif; launched 12 August 1944; sponsored by Mrs. G. B. Lofberg, Jr., widow of Lieutenant Commander Lofberg; and commissioned 26 April 1945, Comdr. R. O. Beer in command.

Continue to the full service history About 714 words

From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (Lofberg (DD-759)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 60000 shp
  • 2 propellers
Armament
  • 6 × 5 in/38 cal. guns
  • 12 × 40 mm AA guns
  • 11 × 20 mm AA guns
  • 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 6 × depth charge projectors
  • 2 × depth charge tracks

Sister ships

29 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Lofberg on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Service history reproduced verbatim from Lofberg (DD-759) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
  • Photograph: U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships — U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-83460 available at destroyerhistory.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons