| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Mahan |
| Pennant | DD 375 |
| Built by | Norfolk Navy Yard (Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 15 Aug 1934 |
| Launched | 22 Apr 1936 |
| Commissioned | 15 Jan 1937 |
| End service | 17 Dec 1945 |
| History | Downes was almost completely destroyed in the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, She was decommissioned on 20 June 1942. |
Commands listed for USS Downes (DD 375)
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| Commander | From | To | ||
| 1 | Clifford Harris Roper, USN | 15 Jan 1937 | 10 Jun 1938 | |
| 2 | Edward Everett Pare, USN | 10 Jun 1938 | 13 Jun 1939 | |
| 3 | Kenneth Hill Noble, USN | 13 Jun 1939 | 10 Dec 1940 | |
| 4 | Thomas Henry Hederman, USN | 10 Dec 1940 | 13 Sep 1941 | |
| 5 | Cmdr William Rudolph Thayer, USN | 13 Sep 1941 | 8 Dec 1941 | |
| 6 | Lt. William Overton Snead, USN | 8 Dec 1941 | 1 Jan 1942 | |
| 7 | Hugh Trent Mackay, USN | 1 Jan 1942 | 13 Apr 1942 | |
| 8 | Frank Morse Culpepper, USN | 13 Apr 1942 | 20 Jun 1942 | |
| 9 | Robert Schley Fahle, USN | 15 Nov 1943 | Jan 1945 | |
| 10 | Lt.Cdr. James Martin Yost, USN | Jan 1945 | 17 Dec 1945 | |
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