page_title: USS Case (DD-370)
section_title: Iwo Jima
hierarchical_section_title: USS Case (DD-370) / Service history / Iwo Jima
caption_attribution_description: USS&#160;Case&#160;(DD-370) English: Stern of at Mare Island on 21 Nov 1943
context_page_description: USS Case (DD-370) was a Mahan-class destroyer in the United States Navy before and during World War II. She was the second ship named for Augustus Ludlow Case.
  Case was launched at the Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, on 14 September 1935. She was sponsored by Miss. M. R. Case and commissioned on 15 September 1936, with Commander J. S. Roberts in command. Case was berthed at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese struck on 7 December 1941; then served in the Pacific Fleet until the end of World War II.
context_section_description: Case joined in a smashing bombardment of Iwo Jima once more on 24 December, during which she and Roe were dispatched to attack a fleeing Japanese transport. A 2-hour chase at full speed followed, both destroyers firing as the range closed. At 1559, the effect of accurate gunfire told as the transport sank, her survivors refusing any assistance from the American destroyers. After repairs at Saipan, she returned to Iwo Jima 24 and 25 January 1945 for antisubmarine patrol during the opening phases of operations ashore. Escort and patrol duty from Saipan occupied her until 19 March, when she began an extended period of antisubmarine patrol, aid-sea rescue, and radar picket duty between Saipan and Iwo Jima until the close of the war.
caption: Case's stern, showing the rear 5-inch guns
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