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USS Erben underway in the 1950s
Class overview
NameFletcher class
Builders
Operators
Preceded byGleaves class
Succeeded byAllen M. Sumner class
Subclasses
Cost$6 million
Built3 March 1941 to 22 February 1945
In commission4 June 1942 to 1971 (USN), 2001 (Mexico)
Completed175
Cancelled13
Lost19, plus 6 not repaired
Preserved
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Displacement
  • 2,100 long tons (2,134 t) (Standard load)
  • 2,544 long tons (2,585 t) (Full load)
Length376.5 ft (114.8 m)
Beam39.5 ft (12.0 m)
Draft17.5 ft (5.3 m)
Propulsion60,000 shp (45,000 kW); 4 oil-fired boilers; 2 geared steam turbines; 2 screws
Speed36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph)
Range5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Boats & landing
craft carried
2 × lifeboats
Complement329 officers and enlisted
Sensors and
processing systems
ArmamentVaried; see § Armament

The Fletcher class was a group of 175 destroyers ordered for the United States Navy between 1942 and 1944. They were the first class of US destroyers to be designed and constructed without consideration of interwar treaty limitations.

Development

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Specifications

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Technical drawing of a Fletcher-class destroyer, with legend
Technical drawing of a Fletcher-class destroyer


Armament

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Construction

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175 Fletcher-class destroyers were built in 11 shipyards on both coasts of the United States.[1]

Ships of the class

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Hull numbers[a] Names
445—451
Fletcher, Radford, Jenkins, La Vallette, Nicholas, O'Bannon, Chevalier
465—481
Saufley, Waller, Strong, Taylor, De Haven, Bache, Beale, Guest, Bennett, Fullam, Hudson, Hutchins, Pringle, Stanly, Stevens, Halford, Leutze
498—502
Philip, Renshaw, Ringgold, Schroeder, Sigsbee
507—522
Conway, Cony, Converse, Eaton, Foote, Spence, Terry, Thatcher, Anthony, Wadsworth, Walker, Brownson, Daly, Isherwood, Kimberly, Luce
526—541
Abner Read, Ammen, Mullany, Bush, Trathen, Hazelwood, Heermann, Hoel, McCord, Miller, Owen, The Sullivans, Stephen Potter, Tingey, Twining, Yarnall
544—547
Boyd, Bradford, Brown, Cowell
550—597
Capps, David W. Taylor, Evans, John D. Henley, Franks, Haggard, Hailey, Johnston, Laws, Longshaw, Morrison, Prichett, Robinson, Ross, Rowe, Smalley, Stoddard, Watts, Wren, Aulick, Charles Ausburne, Claxton, Dyson, Harrison, John Rodgers, McKee, Murray, Sproston, Wickes, William D. Porter, Young, Charrette, Conner, Hall, Halligan, Haraden, Newcomb, Bell, Burns, Izard, Paul Hamilton, Twiggs, Howorth, Killen, Hart, Metcalf, Shields, Wiley
629—631
Abbot, Braine, Erben
642—644
Hale, Sigourney, Stembel
649—691
Albert W. Grant, Caperton, Cogswell, Ingersoll, Knapp, Bearss, John Hood, Van Valkenburgh, Charles J. Badger, Colahan, Dashiell, Bullard, Kidd, Bennion, Heywood L. Edwards, Richard P. Leary, Bryant, Black, Chauncey, Clarence K. Bronson, Cotten, Dortch, Gatling, Healy, Hickox, Hunt, Lewis Hancock, Marshall, McDermut, McGowan, McNair, Melvin, Hopewell, Porterfield, Stockham, Wedderburn, Picking, Halsey Powell, Uhlmann, Remey, Wadleigh, Norman Scott, Mertz
792—804
Callaghan, Cassin Young, Irwin, Preston, Benham, Cushing, Monssen, Jarvis, Porter, Colhoun, Gregory, Little, Rooks

Service

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With other navies

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Notes

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  1. ^ Destroyer hulls 452, 482, and 503 to 506, were laid down as Fletcher-class destroyers, but were later cancelled.[2]

References

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Sources

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  • Friedman, Norman (1982). U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-733-X.
  • Gardiner, Robert; Chesneau, Roger, eds. (1980). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-913-8.
  • Hodges, Peter; Friedman, Norman (1979). Destroyer Weapons of World War II. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-929-4.
  • McComb, Dave (2010). US Destroyers 1942–45: Wartime Classes. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-84603-444-2.