USS Naga

Warning Deadly Shores spoilers.

USS Naga was a Scott Class DD weight 1800 tons, Length 210 feet, beam 40 feet, armed with 20 fifty pounders with a complement of 260 officers and men.

Originally assigned 9th Squadron she transferred to 6th Squadron that joined USS Walker as part of First Fleet South for the Madagascar Raid. On July 21, 1944 a submarine fired four torpedoes at the fleet and two at USS Walker then engaged in hunting the sub. USS Walker DD-163 and USRS Salissa 'Big Sal' CV-1 managed to thread the torpedoes aimed at them. Unfortunately one of the torpedoes aimed at 'Big Sal' hit Naga causing a catastrophic explosion she sank with all Hands. The two torpedoes aimed at USS Respite Island, the self-propelled dry dock SPD-1, struck causing loss of life and material, Respite Island later sank.'

USS Walker prosecuted the submarine with depth charges causing it to surface and sank it with naval gunfire. Capitan Reddy identified it as the Surcouf or one of her sisters, and Cortney Bradford later identified the emblem of her conning tower as belonging to 'French Nazis.'

A second Scott Class named USS Naga was launched and assigned to Task Force Bottle Cap her unnamed skipper died in the water after spiking her guns [ROB Hb. p.159-161]