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  2. List of destroyer classes of the United States Navy

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    USS Gridley, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer The first automotive torpedo was developed in 1866, and the torpedo boat was developed soon after. In 1898, while the Spanish–American War was being fought in the Caribbean and the Pacific, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt wrote that the Spanish torpedo boat destroyers were the only threat to the American navy, and pushed for ...

  3. List of destroyers of World War II - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  4. Category : World War II destroyers of the United States

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    Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer; 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 ...

  5. Fletcher-class destroyer - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. List of destroyers of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) This is a list of destroyers of the United States Navy, sorted by hull number.It includes all of the series DD, DL, DDG, DLG, and DLGN. CG-47 Ticonderoga and CG-48 Yorktown were approved as destroyers (DDG-47 and DDG-48) and redesignated cruisers before being laid down; it is uncertain whether CG-49 Vincennes and CG-50 Valley Forge were ever authorized as destroyers ...

  7. List of Fletcher-class destroyers - Wikipedia

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    Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 16 June 1959 : Conner DD-582 6 April 1942 18 July 1942 8 June 1943 5 July 1946 Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 15 September 1959 : Hall DD-583 16 April 1942 18 July 1942 6 July 1943 10 December 1946 Transferred to Hellenic Navy, 9 February 1960 : Halligan DD-584 9 November 1942 19 March 1943

  8. Clemson-class destroyer - Wikipedia

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    The Clemson class was a series of 156 destroyers (6 more were cancelled and never begun) 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 ...

  9. List of destroyer classes - Wikipedia

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    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 ...