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The plaque commemorates the ships which served with Destroyer Squadron 4 (United States Navy) during World War Two. The plaque is located on a raised circular mount near the National Corvette Memorial.

Destroyer Squadron 4 in World War Two initially consisted of Porter-class flagship Selfridge and the eight Bagley-class destroyers of 1937.

The squadron was present at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked on 7 December 1941. Later that month, it screened Rear-Admiral Frank F. Fletcher’s Saratoga task force with cruisers Minneoapolis, Astoria and San Francisco during the aborted relief of Wake Island. Four DesRon 4 destroyers also participated in sorties in February-March 1942. 

In June, the squadron was transferred to Australia, where it joined cruisers H.M.A.S. Australia, Canberra and Hobart and U.S.S. Chicago in forming Task Force 44 under Rear-Admiral Victor A.C. Crutchley, RN. In August, this force—as Task Force 62.2—led the landings at Guadalcanal that commenced Operation “Watchtower.”

Location

Address:	Garden Island Naval Base , Garden Island, 2011
State:	NSW
Area:	Foreign
GPS Coordinates:	Lat: -33.859202 Long: 151.230693 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.

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Details

Monument Type:	Plaque
Monument Theme:	Conflict
Sub-Theme:	WW2
Approx. Event Start Date:	1942
Approx. Event End Date:	1943

Dedication

Source: MA