USS Radford (DD-446)
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USS Radford, named for Rear Admiral William Radford, was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Entering service in 1942 during World War II the ship also saw action during the Korean W
USS Radford (DD-446)
Launch of Fletcher and Radford, 3 May 1942
USS Radford returning to Tulagi with some survivors of the cruiser Helena on 6 July 1943
Radford off Korea in 1951.
Fletcher-class destroyer
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The Fletcher class is 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
USS Radford (DD-446)
…USS Radford (DD-446), named for Rear Admiral William Radford, was a Fletcher-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Entering service in 1942 during World War II the ship also saw action during the Korean War and the Vietnam War…
USS Erben underway in the 1950s
Technical drawing of the Fletcher-class destroyer
127 mm MK 30 gun from a Fletcher-class destroyer (1942) Bundeswehr Military History Museum, Dresden