| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Sims |
| Pennant | DD 411 |
| Built by | Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (Kearny, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 15 Nov 1937 |
| Launched | 4 Feb 1939 |
| Commissioned | 19 May 1939 |
| End service | 1 Jul 1946 |
| History | Sunk in the atomic bomb test at Bikini Atoll in July 1946. Stricken 24 September 1946. |
Commands listed for USS Anderson (DD 411)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. William Matthews Hobby, Jr., USN | 19 May 1939 | 22 Mar 1941 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. John Kenneth Burkholder Ginder, USN | 22 Mar 1941 | May 1942 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. John Gardner Tennent, III, USN | Aug 1943 | 30 Jan 1944 (+) |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. Richard Allen Guthrie, USN | 1944 | ??? |
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Noteable events involving Anderson include:
30 Jan 1944
Ship was hit in CIC by shell fired from shore. 6kia, 14wia. Killed included the CO CDR John Gardner Tennent III (71649), USN, NC, LoM(V), PH & two Ens. Robert William Carlin (227715), USNR, PH John McClelland Entrikin (256083), USNR, PH three Enlisted were killed as well: Leonard (n) Link, Sea1c, (8487757), USNR, PH Wendell (n) Rolfe, Sea2c, (8506699), USNR, PH & John Joseph Weiss, Jr., RdM3c, (7258456), PH.
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