US Navy Destroyers of the SGW (Part 3)
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Allen class Destroyer (1940)
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 2,572 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 2x Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 4x Babcock and Wilcox boilers
Range: 3,630 nautical miles
Speed: 35 knots
Sensors: QCE Sonar
Armament:
- 5 x 5 inch DP guns
- 6 x 12.7mm AA machine-guns
- 10 x 533mm torpedo tubes (2x5) + 5 spare torpedoes
- 2 Depth Charge Racks + 10 Depth Charges
Ship | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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USS Allen (DD-404) | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts. | May 1938 | November 15, 1939 | July 1940 | March 1946 | To Alaska (Bystryy/Быстрый), February 1951. |
USS Mayo (DD-405) | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Quincy, Massachusetts. | May 1938 | March 26, 1940 | September 1940 | March 1946 | Sold for scrap, May 1972. |
USS James J. Madison (DD-406) | Boston Naval Yard, Boston, Massachusetts. | September 1938 | October 20, 1939 | August 1940 | March 1946 | Sunk for target practice, 1969. |
USS Lansdale (DD-407) | Boston Naval Yard, Boston, Massachusetts. | December 1938 | October 20, 1939 | September 1940 | | Sunk by Confederate MTBs off the Cayman Islands, April 20, 1944. |
USS Peter D. Claythorne (DD-408) | Puget Sound Naval Yard, Bremerton, Washington. | November 1938 | December 14, 1939 | September 1940 | February 1945 | To Alaska (Reshayushchiy/Решающий), February 1951. |
USS Charles F. Hughes (DD-409) | Puget Sound Naval Yard, Bremerton, Washington. | January 1939 | May 16, 1940 | October 1940 | March 1946 | Sunk for target practice, 1969. |
Laffey subclass (1942-1943): 24 Units
Lost: 5 units (1 repaired and returned to service).
Other users: Persia (3 units (1954-1973)), Texas (
TMDS Crocker (ex
USS Kalk (DD-604) (1947-1966)).
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Bedford class Destroyer (1940-1941)
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 2,600 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 2x Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 4x Babcock and Wilcox boilers
Range: 3,880 nautical miles
Speed: 35 knots
Sensors: QCE Sonar
Armament:
- 4 x 5 inch DP guns
- 6 x 20mm AA guns
- 10 x 533mm torpedo tubes (2x5)
- 2 Depth Charge Racks + 10 Depth Charges
Ships in class:
- Built: 18 + 48 Bristol subclass
- In service: 1941-1955
- Modifications: 24 converted into Destroyer Minelayers (DM) between 1943 and 1945.
- Lost: 15 (12 in combat), 2 collision, 1 explosion (USS Turner DD-438, January 3, 1944 in NYC)
- Other navies: 4 Alaska (1951-1971), 4 Chile (1949-1969), 2 Texas (1947-1974), 2 Quebec (1946-1976), 4 Mexico (1951-1968)
- Preserved: 1 Joliette D-10 (ex-USS Bristol (DD-434)) at Quebec City since 1978.
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Fletcher class Destroyer (1942-1945)
Specifications (As originally completed (USS-Kidd))
Weight: 2,950 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 2x Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 4x Babcock and Wilcox boilers
Range: 6,500 nautical miles
Speed: 38 knots
Sensors: SC and SG early warning radars, Mk 4 fire control radar, QCJ Sonar
Armament:
- 5 x 5 inch DP guns
- 10 x 40mm AA guns (5x2)
- 10 x 20mm AA guns
- 10 x 533mm torpedo tubes (2x5)
- 6 Depth Charge Launchers
- 2 Depth Charge Racks + 56 Depth Charges
Ships in class:
- Built: 150
- In service: 1942-1971
- Modifications: 2 built as catapult destroyers (DDV), 18 as Escort Destroyers (DDE) (1948-1950), 22 FRAM II modernizations (1950s)
- Lost: 21 (all in combat) + 6 damaged and never repaired.
- Other navies: 7 Alaska (1967-1987), 3 Chile (1962-1982), 3 Texas (1965-1995), 4 Quebec (1970-1992), 7 Australia (1962-1984), 2 New Zealand (1965-1982), 4 Mexico (1966-2001), 2 Cuba (1967-1996)
- Preserved: 3 in the USA, USS Kidd (DD-642), USS The Sullivans (DD-517), USS Maxim D. Kowalski (DD-792), 1 in Australia, HMAS Waterhen (ex-USS Stanford (DD-510)).
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Allen M. Sumner class Destroyer (1943-1945)
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 3,218 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 2x Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 4x Babcock and Wilcox boilers
Range: 3,300 nautical miles
Speed: 36.5 knots
Sensors: SC and SG early warning radars, Mk 12.22 fire control radar, QGA Sonar
Armament:
- 6 x 5 inch DP guns (3x2)
- 12 x 40mm AA guns (2x2) and (2x4)
- 11 x 20mm AA guns
- 10 x 533mm torpedo tubes (2x5)
- 6 Depth Charge Launchers
- 2 Depth Charge Racks + 56 Depth Charges
Ships in class:
- Built: 51 out of 75 planned
- In service: 1943-1975
- Modifications: 20 built as Destroyer Minelayers (DM) (1944-1945), 33 FRAM II modernizations (1950s)
- Lost: 2 (all in combat) + 3 damaged and never repaired.
- Other navies: 2 Alaska (1971-1989), 4 Chile (1972-1988), 2 Quebec (1978-1988), 1 Australia (1974-1983), 2 New Zealand (1972-1983), 4 Brazil (1969-1982), 2 Persia (1974-1989)
- Preserved: USS Douglas H. Fox (DD-744) in Duluth, Minnesota since 1980.
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Gearing class Destroyer (1944-1949)
Specifications (As originally completed)
Weight: 3,460 long tons fully loaded
Propulsion: 2x Westinghouse geared steam turbines, 4x Babcock and Wilcox boilers
Range: 4,500 nautical miles
Speed: 36.8 knots
Sensors: SR and SG early warning radars, Mk 12.22 fire control radar, QGA Sonar
Armament:
- 6 x 5 inch DP guns (3x2)
- 12 x 40mm AA guns (2x2) and (2x4)
- 11 x 20mm AA guns
- 10 x 533mm torpedo tubes (2x5)
- 6 Depth Charge Launchers
- 2 Depth Charge Racks + 56 Depth Charges
Ships in class:
- Built: 81 out of 150 planned
- In service: 1944-1982
- Modifications: 9 built as Escort Destroyers (DE) (1947-1949), 9 built as Radar Pickets (DDK) (1944-1945), most modernized under the FRAM program (1950s-1960s).
- Other navies: 5 Alaska (1975-1993), 5 Chile (1972-1991), 1 Quebec (1978-1989), 3 Australia (1974-1987), 2 New Zealand (1975-1990), 5 Brazil (1971-1984), 2 Venezuela (1976-1987), 3 Mexico (1973-2014), 1 Colombia (1977-1988), 2 Cuba (1976-2004), 2 Texas (1978-2007).
- Preserved: USS Stephen P. Wood (DD-806), USS Orleck (DD-824), TMDS Cowell (ex-USS Rogers (DD-843))