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Fletcher class destroyer
The United States Navy commissioned 175 Fletcher-class destroyers between 1942 and 1944. They were built by shipyards across the United States for service in World War II.
Many of the ships were sold to other navies after the war and continued service throughout the world into the 1990s.
The Allen M. Sumner and Gearing classes are derivatives of the Fletcher class.
| CMC: | PH: | Pilot house | |
| S: | CIC: | Combat Information Center | |
| 5: | 5"/38 guns, (#1–5) | IC&P: | |
| HR: | Ammunition handling room | DC: | |
| EQ: | Enlisted quarters | BR: | Boiler room |
| M: | 40: | 40 mm AA guns | |
| OQ: | Officers' quarters | G: | Galley |
| W: | Wardroom | L: | Laundry |
| CM: | T: | Torpedoes | |
| FO: | MSP: | ||
| ER: | Engine room |
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS (Baseline Fletcher-class)
- Displacement: 2,050 tons (2,500 full load)
- Length: 376.5 ft
- Beam: 39.5 ft
- Draft: 12.5 ft
- Propulsion: 4 Babcock & Wilcox oil fired boilers, 2 General Electric geared steam turbines, 2 screws
- Speed: 36.5 knots @ 60,000 shp
- Armament: 5 5"/38 guns, 6 40mm Bofers AA guns, 7-10 20mm AA guns, 8 21" torpedo tubes (two quintuple launchers), depth charges
- Complement: 329
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