Gridley-class destroyer
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The Gridley-class destroyers were a class of four 1500-ton destroyers in the United States Navy. Named for Charles Vernon Gridley, they were part of a series of USN destroyers limited to 1,500 tons st
USS McCall in 1938
Mahan-class destroyer
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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 sep
Gridley-class destroyer
…were laid down on 3 June 1935 and commissioned in 1937. The second two were laid down in March 1936 and commissioned in 1938. Based on the preceding Mahan-class destroyers with somewhat different machinery, they had the same hull but had only a single stack and mounted sixteen 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes…
USS Mahan circa 1938
USS Mahan at Mare Island Naval Shipyard for overhaul on 24 June 1944
South Dakota, Navy repair ship, Mahan (damaged bow), and Lamson, after South Dakota – Mahan collision, following the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands
Cummings underway in 1944