What is the name of the first naval vessel lost by the United States in world war 2?

this was the American war vessel called REUBEN JAMES , a destroyer, on the 31 th of october 1941 torpedoed by a Japanese sub before the war broke out between the usa and Japan in 1941 on the 7 th of December in pearl harbor(Hawaii) when war was officialy declared by the USA on the 8 th of December in the American congress by pres. roosevelt!