sixteen 40 mm in three quadruple and two twin mounts and four 20 mm in two twin mounts. Service , , and were among the ships that supported the Roosevelt-Churchill conference at Placentia Bay near Argentia, Newfoundland that resulted in the Atlantic Charter in August 1941. and were in port during the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 and engaged enemy aircraft. The class served in the Battle of the Atlantic, in the Pacific War, and escorted convoys in the Americas. Phelps was at the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway, scuttling the disabled aircraft carrier with torpedoes at the former battle. Balch rescued survivors of the aircraft carrier at Midway. While operating out of Trinidad in the Caribbean, Moffett assisted in sinking two U-boats, and . Notable engagements for other ships of the class included the invasion of Guadalcanal and the Marianas campaign. By September 1944 the class was concentrated in the Atlantic. was the class's only loss, in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on 26 October 1942. lost her bow to a torpedo in the Naval Battle of Vella Lavella on 6 October 1943, but was repaired. McDougal and Winslow were reclassified as AG-126 and AG-127 in September 1945 and modified for anti-kamikaze research in a similar configuration to radar picket destroyers. All except Winslow were scrapped shortly after the war; Winslow remained in service as a training ship until 1950 and was scrapped in 1959. Ships in class See also References Citations Sources External links Porter-class destroyers at Destroyer History Foundation USS Porter, USS Selfridge, USS McDougal, and USS Winslow General Information Book with as-built data at Destroyer History Foundation "Goldplater" destroyers at Destroyer History Foundation 1850-ton leader classes at Destroyer History Foundation Tin Can Sailors @ Destroyers.org - Porter class destroyer NavSource Destroyer Photo Index Page Destroyer classes