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The United States Navy commissioned 175 Fletcher-class destroyers between 1942 and 1944, more than any other destroyer class, and the design was generally regarded as highly successful. The Fletcher s had a design speed of 38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) and a principal armament of five 5-inch (127 mm) guns in single mounts with ten 21-inch (530 mm ...
USS Cassin Young (DD-793) is a Fletcher-class destroyer of the United States Navy named for Captain Cassin Young (1894–1942), who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism at the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and killed in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in the fall of 1942.
Gearing class: Destroyer: Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. [29] USS Kidd: United States Louisiana: Baton Rouge: United States: 1943 Fletcher class: Destroyer: Kamikaze [30] USS Laffey: United States South Carolina: Mount Pleasant: United States: 1943 Allen M. Sumner class: Destroyer: National Historic Landmark, survived 7 Kamikazes [31] USS LCI(L)-1091 ...
Type: Destroyer. Class: Fletcher-class. Year entered service: 1942. Personnel: 336. ... It engaged in fierce combat, surviving two torpedo hits during the Battle of Tassafaronga. After undergoing ...
USS Kidd (DD-661), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named after Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, who died on the bridge of his flagship USS Arizona during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
Ships of the Fletcher destroyer class Name Hull no. Builder Laid down Launched Commissioned / Recommissioned Decommissioned Fate Fletcher DD-445 Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey: 2 October 1941 3 May 1942 30 June 1942 15 January 1947 Sold for scrap, 22 February 1972 [2] 3 October 1949 [3] 1 October 1969 Radford DD-446
The World War II Fletcher-class destroyer USS The Sullivans was named for five brothers killed in the line of duty. It earned nine battle stars in World War II and two for Korean War service. It resides at the Buffalo Naval and Military Park.
WWII battle stars: 16 Type: Destroyer Class: Fletcher-class Year entered service: 1942 Personnel: 336 Commissioned in August 1942, the USS Taylor began its career with the Atlantic Fleet and was ...