The Fletcher ( DD ) Class Displacement: 2,325 tons (2,924 tons Full load) Length: 376 feet 5 inches Beam: 39 feet 7 inches Draught: 13 feet 9 inches Machinery: four Babcock & Wilcox boilers 2-shaft G.E.C. geared turbines Performance: 60,000 shp for 38 knots Bunkerage: 492 tons Range: 6,500 nautical miles at 15 knots Guns: […]
The Farragut ( DD ) Class The Farragut class opened a new design phase for american destroyers. The four-stacker type was replaced with a decidedly more modern approach. Three of the eight ships in the class were lost in World War Two; the Worden grounded at Amchitka, and Hull and Managhan were lost to a […]
The Norfolk ( DL ) Class The Norfolk ( DL ) class is more comparable in size to a World War II cruiser than a destroyer. Originally termed a “Frigate” by the US Navy, contrary to other navies for which the term Frigate was reserved for a standard “destroyer size” ship which specialized in ASW, […]
The Destroyer Leader ( DLG ) class is more comparable in size to a World War II cruiser than a destroyer. Originally termed a “Frigate” by the US Navy, contrary to other navies for which the term Frigate was reserved for a standard “destroyer sized” ship which specialized in ASW, the DLG class was designed […]
The Clemson ( DD ) Class Displacement: 1,190 tons (1,308 tons full load) Length: 314 feet 4 inches Beam: 30 feet 10 inches Draught: 9 feet 10 inches Machinery: Performance: 27,000 shp for 35 knots Bunkerage: 375 tons Range: 2,500 nautical miles at 20 knots Guns: four 4 inch; one 3 inch Torpedoes: twelve 21 […]
The Charles F. Adams ( DDG ) Class The Charles F. Adams class of missile destroyers was one of the more elegantly designed classes of destroyers ever built. It’s design grew outof the ForrestSherman class and was originally designed as a Forrest Sherman with one five inch gun being replaced by a Tartar missile launcher. […]
The Cassin ( DD ) Class Ships by Hull Number DD 43 Cassin DD 44 Cummings DD 45 Downes DD 46 Duncan DD 47 Aylwin DD 48 Parker DD 49 Benham DD 50 Balch Alphabetical Listing Aylwin DD 47 Balch DD 50 Benham DD 49 Cassin DD 43 Cummings DD 44 Downes DD 45 Duncan […]
The Cannon ( DE ) Class Ships by Hull Number DE 99 Cannon DE 100 Christopher DE 101 Alger DE 102 Thomas DE 103 Bostwick DE 104 Breeman DE 105 Burrows DE 112 Carter DE 113 Clarence L. Evans DE 162 Levy DE 163 McConnell DE 164 Osterhaus DE 165 Parks DE 166 Baron DE […]
The Buckley ( DE ) Class Ships by Hull Number DE 51 Buckley DE 53 Charles Lawrence DE 54 Daniel T. Griffin DE 56 Donnell DE 57 Fogg DE 59 Foss DE 60 Gantner DE 62 George W. Ingram DE 63 Ira Jeffery DE 65 Lee Fox DE 66 Amesbury DE 68 Bates DE 69 […]
The Brooke ( FFG ) Class The Brooke Class is based upon the Garcia class Frigate but armed with a Tartar Missile system. DOL now has a webmaster handling all pages and E-mails concerning the Brooke class Frigates. Ships by Hull Number FFG 1 Brooke FFG 2 Ramsey FFG 3 Schofield FFG 4 Talbot FFG 5 Richard […]
