While I'm familar with the USS William D. Porter (DD-579), this is the first time I became aware of her being a "Jonah."
There are two photographs in "Battle Report - Volume V - Victory in the Pacific" of the USS William D. Porter sinking.
The first photo shows her heeling over to starboard, sinking by the stern. The second photo shows about 50' of her bow pointing skyward, just before she sank.
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September 2011: The US Navy donated the battleship USS Iowa (BB-61) to the Pacific Battleship Center, a privately funded concern based here in Los Angeles.
The USS Iowa had been anchored with other mothballed ships in the reserve fleet in Suisun Bay. Over the past several years, cities in CA have wanted the USS Iowa for a museum ship.
Meanwhile, left wing 'do-gooder' politicians want all these ships removed, because they claim that flakes of lead paint are polluting both Suisun & San Francisco Bays.
Originally, San Francisco won out, but the same 'do-gooder' politicians nixed her being berthed there.
The city of Stockton wanted the ship, but couldn't raise the money. The city of Vallejo wanted to move the ship to the former USN base at Mare Island.
Vallejo lost out, Los Angeles won. The USS Iowa was recently towed from Suisun Bay to Richmond for some repairs, then in March 2012 will be towed to the Port of Los Angeles.
All four Iowa Class Battleships are now extant as museum ships. USS New Jersey (BB-62): Camden NJ .. USS Missouri (BB-63): Pearl Harbor .. USS Wisconsin (BB-64): Hampton Roads VA
Four other US battleships are museum ships. USS Texas (BB-35), the only battleship to serve in two World Wars: San Jacinto TX .. USS North Carolina (BB-55): Wilmington NC
USS Massachusetts (BB-59): Fall River MA .. USS Alabama (BB-60): Mobile Bay AL
While not classified as a museum ship, the most famous of all USN battleships: USS Arizona (BB-39) Memorial at Pearl Harbor.
The only other extant (afloat) battleship: HIJMS Mikasa, Admiral Togo's flagship at the battle of Tsushima Straits (Russo-Japanese War), is preserved in Yokohama Bay.