USS Stewart (DD-224)

USS Stewart (DD-224)

September 1943
2 × 3-inch (76 mm) guns (Dutch)
2 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns (Dutch)
2 × 6.5 mm 11th Year type machine guns
72 × Type 95 depth charges

June 1945 (final)
2 × 76.2 mm (3.00 in) L/40 3rd Year type AA guns
14 × 25 mm Type 96 AA guns
4 × 13 mm Type 93 AA guns
2 × 6.5 mm 11th Year type machine guns
4 × 450 mm (18 in) Type 2 torpedoes
72 × Type 2 depth charges

USS Stewart (DD-224) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the second ship named for Rear Admiral Charles Stewart. Scuttled in a port, she was later raised by the Japanese and commissioned as Patrol Boat No. 102. She came back under American control in 1945 after the occupation of Japan.

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