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  2. Farragut-class destroyer (1934) - Wikipedia

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    The Farragut-class destroyers were a class of eight 1,365-ton destroyers in the United States Navy and the first US destroyers of post-World War I design. Their construction, along with the Porter class , was authorized by Congress on 29 April 1916, but funding was delayed considerably.

  3. Farragut-class destroyer (1958) - Wikipedia

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    The Farragut class was the first class of missile-armed carrier escorts to be built from the ground up as such for the USN. [7] The ships had an overall length of 512 feet 6 inches (156.2 m), a beam of 52 feet 4 inches (16.0 m) and a deep draft of 17 feet 9 inches (5.4 m).

  4. New Threat Upgrade - Wikipedia

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    Belknap-class cruiser [12] California-class cruiser; Charles F. Adams-class destroyer - Planned to be upgraded, but cancelled. [13] Farragut-class destroyer (1958) - Planned, but only USS Mahan was upgraded as a test platform in 1982. [14] Kidd-class destroyer [15] Leahy-class cruiser - All upgraded in the late-1980s and decommissioned by 1995.

  5. USS Dewey (DDG-45) - Wikipedia

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    The design of the Farragut-class destroyers was closer in size to a World War II cruiser rather than a destroyer; this type was originally termed "frigate" by the U.S. Navy. [4] Other navies used the term "frigate" for destroyer-sized ships specialized in anti-submarine warfare; the U.S. Navy used this term for fast-carrier anti-aircraft ...

  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 destroyer classes of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  8. USS Macdonough (DDG-39) - Wikipedia

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    USS Macdonough (DLG-8/DDG-39) was a Farragut-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Commodore Thomas Macdonough, the 4th ship of the United States Navy to be named for him.

  9. USS Farragut (DD-348) - Wikipedia

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    The third USS Farragut (DD-348) was named for Admiral David Glasgow Farragut (1801–1870). She was the lead ship of her class of destroyers in the United States Navy . History