Fletcher Class

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:          five 5 inch; four 1.1 inch; four 20 mm
		Torpedoes:     ten 21 inch
      1. The name “Fletcher class” is almost synonymous with the word destroyer when used in context with “World War II”.

We are looking for information on Fletcher Class Ships. E-Mails may be sent to Mark Roberts who is handling this class.