USS McCall (DD-400)-- Part 2: Was Not at Pearl Harbor During the Attack

The McCall was laid down on   17 March 1936 at the Union Plant, Bethlehem Shipbuilding  Corporation, San Francisco, California. and launched on  20 November  1937.  It was commissioned  22 June  1938, Lt. Cmdr. John Whelchel, commanding.

The McCall was assigned to Pacific duty in Destroyers Battle Force on  16 January 1839.  

Less than two years later, in December 7, 1941,  she was steaming with the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise en route to Pearl Harbor from Wake Island when she received word of the attack.  The McCall's  task force (TF 8) immediately began conducting a search for the Japanese fleet.

By the time the task force returned to Pearl Harbor, its planes had sunk the Japanese submarine I-70.

For the rest of 1941, the McCall stayed in the Hawaiian Islands to defend against a possible follow up attack.

--GreGen