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Length: 341ft. 4 in. Beam: 35ft. Draft: 9ft. 10 in. Displacement: 1500 tons Speed: 36.5 knots Complement: 8 Off 150 Enlisted 150  Armament:   Five 5"/38 Gun Mounts, Three Quad 21" Torpedo Launchers, Two Twin 40mm Gun Mounts, Five 20mm Guns, Five 50 cal Machines Guns, Four Depth Charge Projectors and Two Depth Charge                           DD-371 in 1936                         Racks.

The second CONYNGHAM, DD 371 was a destoryer launched 14 September 1934 by Boston Naval yard, sponsored by A.C.G. Johnson and commissioned 4 November 1936, Commander G.C. Hoover in command.

In the spring of 1937, CONYNGHAM made her maiden cruise to ports of northern Europe, and after overhaul at Boston, sailed for San Diego for Pearl harbor, amd duty with the security partol. In March 1941, she sailed on a cruise to Damoa Fiji, returning to local operations from Pearl harbor. 

 Up dated 17 October 2004