USS Smith (DD-378)

USN Smith at Pearl Harbour 30th March 1946

USS Smith (DD-378) was a Mahan class destroyer in the United States Navy before and after World War II. She was named after Lieutenant Joseph B. Smith, USN. Smith was a senior officer aboard USS Congress and killed when CSS Virginia sank her. USS Smith was awarded a Presidential Unit Citation for continuing to fight despite crippling damage to the ship, 57 killed or missing and 12 wounded after holding its part in a destroyer screen while in heavy combat with a Japanese carrier force on the 26th October 1942