USS Bagley, name ship of a class of eight 1500-ton destroyers, was built at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia. She was commissioned in June 1937, and served for the next year in the Atlantic area and thereafter mainly in the Pacific. Bagley was at the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard when the Japanese attacked that advanced fleet base on 7 December 1941, thus beginning World War II in the Pacific. During the first few months of the war, she was employed on escort duties, including working with the carrier task forces that raided enemy targets in the southern Pacific in February and March 1942.
In August 1942 Bagley took part in the invasion of Guadalcanal and Tulagi and in the Battle of Savo Island. For the next year and a half, she primarily served in south Pacific area escort and patrol duties, but also participated in operations to capture Woodlark Island in mid-1943 and western New Britain in late 1943 and early 1944.
Following a west coast overhaul, Bagley operated with the fleet in the central and western Pacific, taking part in the Marianas operation in June-July 1944, including the Battle of the Philippine Sea, the Palaus operation in September, the Leyte operation and Battle of Leyte Gulf in October 1944, the Lingayen Gulf invasion in January 1945 and the campaigns to capture Iwo Jima and Okinawa in February-May. At the end of August 1945, she accepted the surrender of Japanese forces on Marcus Island. For the next few months, she participated in the occupation of Japan. After her return to the United States in November 1945, Bagley was prepared for inactivation. She decommissioned in June 1946 and was sold for scrapping in October 1947.
USS Bagley was named in honor of Ensign Worth Bagley (1874-1898), who was killed in action during the Spanish-American War.
This page features all the views we have of USS Bagley (DD-386).
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Photo #: NH 97726 USS Bagley (DD-386) At sea, circa 1937-40. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval Historical Center. Online Image: 99KB; 740 x 535 pixels |
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Photo #: 19-N-65309 USS Bagley (DD-386) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 28 April 1944. Her starboard side camouflage scheme is Measure 32, Design 1d. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 52KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-65312 USS Bagley (DD-386) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 28 April 1944. Her port side camouflage scheme is Measure 31, Design 1d. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-65313 USS Bagley (DD-386) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 28 April 1944. Her camouflage scheme is Measure 31, Design 1d on the port side and Measure 32, Design 1d on the starboard side. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 56KB; 740 x 620 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-65314 USS Bagley (DD-386) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 28 April 1944. Her camouflage scheme is Measure 31, Design 1d on the port side and Measure 32, Design 1d on the starboard side. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 57KB; 740 x 620 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-115254 USS Bagley (DD-386) Tied up at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, late in 1945. Note markings on her side, giving the location of hull frames. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 600 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Note: In addition to the views presented above, Photo # NH 97751 shows a ship that may be USS Bagley, in action during the Japanese air attack on the Guadalcanal-Tulagi invasion force, 8 August 1942.
USS Bagley is one of the dozens of ships featured in the following chart of Pearl Harbor during the 7 December 1941 Japanese air raid. She is located below the middle of the view, to the right of center, alongside the long wharf in the eastern part of the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard.
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 6 November 2001
New image & link added 27 January 2002