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List of destroyers of World War II Ship Operator Class Type Displacement (tons) First commissioned Fate Aaron Ward (DD-483) United States Navy: Gleaves: Destroyer 1,630 4 March 1942 sunk 7 April 1943 [5] Aaron Ward (DM-34) Robert H. Smith: Destroyer minelayer: 2,200 28 October 1944 decommissioned 1945, sold for scrap 1946 Abbot: Fletcher ...
Bagley-class destroyer; Benham-class destroyer; Benson-class destroyer; Caldwell-class destroyer; Clemson-class destroyer; Farragut-class destroyer (1934) Fletcher-class destroyer; Gearing-class destroyer; Gleaves-class destroyer; Gridley-class destroyer; Mahan-class destroyer; Porter-class destroyer; Robert H. Smith-class destroyer; Sims-class ...
Technical drawing of the Fletcher-class destroyer Launch of Fletcher and Radford, 3 May 1942 World War II Destroyer Shipbuilders map from Department of Defense (DoD) The Fletcher class was the first generation of destroyers designed after the series of naval treaties that had limited ship designs heretofore.
The first major warship produced by the U.S. Navy after World War II (and in the Cold War) were "frigates"—the ships were originally designated destroyer leaders but reclassified in 1975 as guided missile cruisers (except the Farragut class became guided missile destroyers). These grew out of the last all-gun destroyers of the 1950s.
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
Town class — 50 ships from three classes of United States Navy destroyers, transferred 1940; World War II War Emergency Programme classes. O and P class — 16 ships; Q and R class — 16 ships; S and T class — 16 ships; U and V class — 16 ships; W and Z class — 16 ships; C class — 32 ships; Battle class — 23 ships; Weapon class ...
Some World War II–vintage ships were modernized for antisubmarine warfare, and to extend their service lives, to avoid having to build (expensive) brand-new ships. Examples include the US FRAM I programme and the British Type 15 frigates converted from fleet destroyers.
U.S. Navy Abbreviations of World War II; Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945; HISTORIC SHIPS TO VISIT - LISTED BY TYPE OF GOVERNMENT SERVICE; NavSource Naval History; Summary of Vessels Built in WWII, by Type; Comparison of U.S. Army and U.S. Navy Vessels in World War II; Army Ships—The Ghost Fleet; History of US Army T Boats; Hero Ships: LST