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Category:World War II destroyers of the United States

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Destroyer [videos]

In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller powerful short-range attackers. They were originally developed in the late 19th century by Fernando Villaamil for the …

Fernando Villaamil, credited as the inventor of the destroyer, would die heroically during the Battle of Santiago de Cuba in 1898

The introduction of the Whitehead torpedo revolutionized naval warfare. Torpedo's general profile: A. war-head B. air-flask. B'. immersion-chamber CC'. after-body C. engine-room DDDD. drain-holes E. shaft-tube F. steering-engine G. bevel-gear box H. depth-index I. tail K. charging and stop-valves L. locking-gear M. engine bed-plate P. primer-case R. rudder S. steering-rod tube T. guide-stud UU. propellers V. valve-group W. war-nose Z. strengthening-band

United States [videos]

The United States of America, commonly known as the United States or America, is a country composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions. At 3.8 million square miles, the United States is the world's …

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Death of Captain Cook by Johann Zoffany (1795)

Declaration of Independence by John Trumbull

The national mammal, an American bison in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming

Clemson-class destroyer [videos]

The Clemson class was a series of 156 destroyers which served with the United States Navy from after World War I through World War II. — The Clemson-class ships were commissioned by the United States Navy from 1919 to 1922, built by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, New York Shipbuilding …

Seventy-seven "four-stackers" laid up at San Diego in 1924.

Clemson-class destroyer (possibly USS Pope) sinking, c. 1942.

Image: USS Clemson

Image: USS Lamson (DD 328)

Gearing-class destroyer [videos]

The Gearing class was a series of 98 destroyers built for the U.S. Navy during and shortly after World War II. The Gearing design was a minor modification of the Allen M. Sumner class, whereby the hull was lengthened by 14 ft at amidships, which resulted in more fuel storage space and …

George K. MacKenzie, Leonard F. Mason, Henry W. Tucker and Rupertus under the Story Bridge, Brisbane, Australia in January 1958.

Image: USS Gearing (DD 710) in the Mediterranean Sea in 1960

Image: Gearing class destroyers before and after FRAM modernization

Image: USS Norris (DD 859) at sea in May 1966

USS Allen M. Sumner [videos]

USS Allen M. Sumner, was the lead ship of her class of destroyers. The ship was named for Allen Melancthon Sumner, a United States Marine Corps captain, who was killed in action during World War I. — Allen M. Sumner was laid down on 7 July 1943 at Kearny, New Jersey, by the Federal …

Allen M. Sumner in the Atlantic, 26 March 1944

A QH-50 DASH drone hovering over Allen M. Sumner´s flight deck, 1969.

Allen M. Sumner in 1970.

Image: USS Allen M Sumner (DD 692) in 1959

Mahan-class destroyer [videos]

The Mahan-class destroyers of the United States Navy were a series of 18 destroyers of which the first 16 were laid down in 1934. The last two of the 18, Dunlap and Fanning, are sometimes considered a separate ship class. All 18 were commissioned in 1936 and 1937 …

Dunlap firing a torpedo from starboard waist torpedo tubes, July 1942

Image: USS Mahan DD364

Image: USS Mahan 24 June 1944

Sims-class destroyer [videos]

The Sims class destroyers were built for the United States Navy, and commissioned in 1939 and 1940. These twelve ships were the last United States destroyer class completed prior to the American entry into World War II. All Sims-class ships saw action in World War II, and seven survived the war. No …

Mk 37 Director ca. 1944 with Mk 12 (rectangular antenna) and Mk 22 "orange peel" radar antennas

Image: USS Sims (DD 409) 19 N 20822

Image: USS Russell (DD 414) line drawing 1943

USS Abner Read (DD-526) [videos]

USS Abner Read was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy, named after Lieutenant Commander Abner Read, who fought in the American Civil War. The ship fought in World War II, seeing action in the Aleutian Islands Campaign, where she survived a …

USS Abner Read lost most of her stern

The damage report of the attack that sunk USS Abner Read

Image: USS Abner Read 1943

USS Baldwin (DD-624) [videos]

USS Baldwin, was a United States Navy Gleaves-class destroyer, in service from 1943 to 1946. She was the only ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for Charles H. Baldwin, an 1864 Medal of Honor recipient. — Baldwin was laid down on 19 July 1941 by Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Co. Seattle …

USS Baldwin in 1944

Image: USS Baldwin g 367829

Image: Uss Baldwin (DD 624) Refloated

USS Beale (DD-471) [videos]

USS Beale, a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Edward Fitzgerald Beale. — Beale was laid down on 19 December 1941 at Staten Island, N.Y. by the Bethlehem Steel Co.; launched on 24 August 1942; sponsored by Miss …

Beale in February 1944.

USS Beale (DD-471) Plan view forward, taken at the Hunters Point Naval Drydocks, San Francisco, California, 13 January 1945. White outlines mark recent alterations to the ship.

Image: USS Beale (DD 471)

Fletcher-class destroyer [videos]

The Fletcher class was a class of destroyers built by the United States during World War II. The class was designed in 1939, as a result of dissatisfaction with the earlier destroyer leader types of the Porter and Somers classes. Some went on to serve during the Korean War and into the Vietnam …

Technical drawing of the Fletcher-class destroyer.

Image: USS Fletcher (DD 445) off New York, 1942

Porter-class destroyer [videos]

The Porter-class destroyers were a class of eight 1,850-ton large destroyers in the United States Navy. Like the preceding Farragut-class, their construction was authorized by Congress on 26 April 1916, but funding was delayed considerably. They were designed based on a 1,850-ton standard …

Image: USS Porter (DD 356) off Yorktown, Virginia (USA), on 19 April 1939 (NH 66338)

Image: USS Phelps (DD 360) underway, circa in November 1944 (19 N 73964)

Wickes-class destroyer [videos]

The Wickes-class destroyers were a class of 111 destroyers built by the United States Navy in 1917–19. Along with the 6 preceding Caldwell-class and 156 subsequent Clemson-class destroyers, they formed the "flush-deck" or "four-stack" type. Only a few were completed in time to serve in World War I …

8 destroyers of the Wickes class, New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, 1919.

Image: Wickes dd 75

USS Alfred A. Cunningham [videos]

USS Alfred A. Cunningham, an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Alfred Austell Cunningham, a USMC officer and aviator. — Alfred A. Cunningham was laid down on 23 February 1944 at Staten Island, New York, by the Bethlehem Steel …

Alfred A. Cunningham underway, circa 1969.

Image: USS Alfred A. Cunningham (DD 752)

USS Anderson (DD-411) [videos]

USS Anderson was a Sims-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Rear Admiral Edwin Alexander Anderson, Jr. a Medal of Honor recipient. — Anderson was laid down on 15 November 1937 at Kearny, New Jersey, by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company; launched on 4 …

USS Anderson on 18 May 1939, just before commissioning

Image: USS Anderson DD411

USS Bagley (DD-386) [videos]

USS Bagley, a Bagley-class destroyer, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Ensign Worth Bagley, officer during the Spanish–American War, distinguished as the only U.S. naval officer killed in action during that war. — Bagley was laid down on 31 July 1935 at …

Launching of Bagley on 3 September 1936

Image: Bagley DD386

USS Bainbridge (DD-246) [videos]

The third USS Bainbridge was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Commodore William Bainbridge, who served in the War of 1812 and the First and Second Barbary Wars. — History — Bainbridge was launched 12 June 1920 by New York …

USS Bainbridge (DD-246)

Image: USS Bainbridge (DD 246) being refueled in 1944

USS Beatty (DD-640) [videos]

USS Beatty, a Gleaves-class destroyer, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Frank E. Beatty. — Beatty was laid down as Mullany on 1 May 1941 at the Charleston Navy Yard. — The name "Beatty" was originally assigned to a destroyer scheduled to be built in San …

Dual launch of "Beatty" and Tillman

Image: Uss beatty

USS Bernadou (DD-153) [videos]

USS Bernadou was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Commander John Bernadou. Bernadou was launched on 7 November 1918 by William Cramp & Sons Ship and Engine Building Company, Philadelphia. The ship was sponsored by Miss Cora Winslow …

USS Bernadou (DD-153) during World War II.

Image: USS Bernadou (DD 153) in 1921

Benham-class destroyer [videos]

The Benham class of ten destroyers was built for the United States Navy. They were part of a series of USN destroyers limited to 1,500 tons standard displacement by the London Naval Treaty and built in the 1930s. The class was laid down in 1936-1937 and all were commissioned in 1939. Much of …

Image: USS Benham (DD 397) 1939

Benson-class destroyer [videos]

The Benson class was a class of destroyers of the U.S. Navy built 1939–1943. The thirty 1,620-ton Benson-class destroyers were built in two groups. The first six were authorized in fiscal year 1938 and laid down at Bethlehem Steel, Quincy, Massachusetts and three naval shipyards. The …

Image: USS Benson DD 421 01

Caldwell-class destroyer [videos]

The Caldwell class of destroyers served in the United States Navy near the end of World War I. Four served as convoy escorts in the Atlantic; the other two were completed too late for wartime service. Two were scrapped during the 1930s, but four survived to serve throughout World War II, three of …

Image: USS Caldwell (DD 69)

Farragut-class destroyer (1934) [videos]

The Farragut-class destroyers were a class of eight 1,365-ton destroyers in the United States Navy and the first US destroyers of post-World War I design. Their construction, along with the Porter class, was authorized by Congress on 29 April 1916, but funding was delayed considerably. Limited to …

Image: USS Farragut (DD 348) underway at sea on 14 September 1936

Gleaves-class destroyer [videos]

The Gleaves-class destroyers were a class of 66 destroyers of the United States Navy built 1938–42, designed by Gibbs & Cox. The first ship of the class was USS Gleaves. They were the production destroyer of the US Navy when it entered World War II. — The Gleaves class were initially specified as …

Image: USS Gleaves (DD 423) underway on 18 June 1941 (513043)

Gridley-class destroyer [videos]

The Gridley-class destroyers were a class of four 1500-ton destroyers in the United States Navy. They were part of a series of USN destroyers limited to 1,500 tons standard displacement by the London Naval Treaty and built in the 1930s. The first two ships were laid down on 3 June 1935 and …

Image: USS Gridley DD380

Robert H. Smith-class destroyer [videos]

The Robert H. Smith class of destroyer minelayers was built by the United States during World War II. — These vessels were all originally laid down as Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers and converted during construction in 1944. In that time the United States produced twelve Robert H. Smith-class …

Image: Uss Adams DM 27

Somers-class destroyer [videos]

The Somers-class destroyer was a class of five 1850-ton United States Navy destroyers based on the Porter class. They were answers to the large destroyers that the Japanese navy was building at the time, and were initially intended to be flotilla leaders. They were laid down 1935-1936 and …

Image: USS Somers (DD 381) at the Charleston Naval Shipyard on 16 February 1942 (NH 98021)

USS Aaron Ward (DD-483) [videos]

USS Aaron Ward was a Gleaves-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named in honor of Rear Admiral Aaron Ward. She sank on 7 April 1943 in a shoal near Tinete Point of Nggela Sule, Solomon Islands during Operation I-Go. Her wreck was …

Image: USS Aaron Ward (DD 483)

USS Aaron Ward (DM-34) [videos]

The third ship named USS Aaron Ward in honor of Rear Admiral Aaron Ward was a Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer in the service of the United States Navy. — She was laid down as an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer on 12 December 1943 at San Pedro, California by the …

Image: USS Aaron Ward (DM 34)

USS Abbot (DD-629) [videos]

USS Abbot was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named after Commodore Joel Abbot. — Abbot was laid down on 21 September 1942 at Bath, Maine by the Bath Iron Works, launched on 17 February 1943, sponsored by Mrs …

Image: Abbot ii

USS Abner Read (DD-769) [videos]

USS Abner Read was a planned United States Navy Gearing-class destroyer laid down during World War II but never completed. The ship was to be the second ship named for Abner Read, a United States Navy officer killed during the American Civil War. She was assigned the name …

Image: US Navy Bureau of Ships model of USS Gearing (DD 710) c 1945

USS Albert W. Grant (DD-649) [videos]

USS Albert W. Grant was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was the only ship named for Vice Admiral Albert W. Grant, an admiral during World War I. — Albert W. Grant was laid down on 30 December 1942 at North Charleston, South Carolina …

Image: USS Albert W Grant DD 649

USS Allen (DD-66) [videos]

USS Allen was a Sampson-class destroyer of the United States Navy launched in 1916. She was the second Navy ship named for Lieutenant William Henry Allen, a naval officer during the War of 1812. She was the longest-serving destroyer on the Naval Vessel Register when she was sold …

Image: USS Allen DD66

USS Ammen (DD-527) [videos]

USS Ammen, a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral Daniel Ammen. — Ammen was laid down on 29 November 1941 at San Francisco, California, by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation; launched on 17 September 1942; sponsored by …

Image: USS Ammen (DD 527) underway off Leyte in October 1944

USS Anthony (DD-515) [videos]

USS Anthony, a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Marine Sergeant Major William Anthony. — Construction — Anthony was laid down on 17 August 1942, at Bath, Maine, by the Bath Iron Works Corp.; launched on 20 December 1942 …

Image: USS Anthony (DD 515) off the Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 8 December 1944 (NH 102864)

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