US Navy Escort Destroyers (1942-45): 116 planned, 72 completed, 44 cancelled The DET (better known as the Cannon class from its lead vessel DE99) were considered a repeat of the previous “Long Hull” TE/TEV or Buckley design, the third escort destroyers types of the US Navy in world war two. Initially coming from the 1940 … Read more
US Navy Escort Destroyers (1943-44): 252 TEV (Rudderow) planned, 22 completed (180 cancelled), 293 WGT planned, 83 completed (210 cancelled). Total 105. The TEV and WGT classes (better known as the Rudderow class from its lead vessel and John C. Butler for the WGT subclass) were a large series (252 and 293 planned, 22 and … Read more
US Navy Escort Destroyers (1942-44): 154 planned, 148 completed (6 cancelled, 46 to Britain) The TE (better known as the Buckley class from its lead vessel) or “long hull” were the second escort destroyers of the US Navy. Solely dedicated to ASW escort from a British request for the Atlantic, the majority were still pressed … Read more
US Navy Escort Destroyers (1942-44): 105 planned, 97 completed (8 cancelled, 46 to Britain) The GMT (also known as the Evarts class from its lead vessel) or “short hull” were the first escort destroyers of the US Navy. A new type of ship solely dedicated to ASW escort (British request for the Atlantic) but the … Read more
US Navy Fleet Destroyers (1944-90): 104 vessels The Gearings were the last American destroyers of the war. They mirrored the Sumner specifications for armament, but with a new, longer hull for extra oil storage and extended range. The initial program included 116 ships but in the end, 106 were completed, roughly half in the last … Read more
US Navy Fleet Destroyers (1942-80s): 58 Ships; DD-692 to DD-790 The Sumner were about the last US destroyers of WW2 to see significant service. Their near-sisters, the Gearing class, were completed in the dying days or postwar. Above all, the Allen M. Sumner class destroyers marked a true break with the rather excellent and mass-produced … Read more
US Navy 174 Fleet Destroyers (1942-44) (no list submitted). The Fletchers are probably the best-remembered destroyers of the USN during the second world war. Not only by numbers as they embodied the United States’s industrial might in wartime but also because they arrived soon enough to make a difference in the Pacific, with significant combat … Read more
Fleet Destroyers (1939-70s) – 66 destroyers: USS Gleaves, Niblack, Livermore, Eberle, Plunkett, Kearny, Gwin, Meredith, Grayson, Monssen, Woolsey, Ludlow, Edison, Ericsson, Wilkes, Nicholson, Swanson, Ingraham. Sub-class Bristol: USS Bristol, Ellyson, Hambleton, Rodman, Emmons, Macomb, Forrest, Fitch, Corry, Hobson, Aaron Ward, Buchanan, Duncan, Lansdowne, Lardner, McCalla, Mervine, Quick, Carmick, Doyle, Endicott, McCook, Frankford, Davison, Edwards, Glennon, … Read more
Benson class Destroyers (1939-41) US Navy Fleet Destroyers (1938-70s) – 30 destroyers: Benson, Mayo, Madison, Lansdale, Hilary P. Jones, Charles F. Hughes, Laffey, Woodworth, Farenholt, Bailey, Bancroft, Barton, Boyle, Champlin, Meade, Murphy, Parker, Caldwell, Coghlan, Frazier, Gansevoort, Gillespie, Hobby, Kalk, Kendrick, Laub, MacKenzie, McLanahan, Nields, Ordronaux USS Benson (DD-421) as completed. The Benson class were … Read more
Sims class Destroyers (1938) US Navy Fleet Destroyers (1937-47): USS Sims, Hugues, Anderson, Hamman, Mustin, Russel, O’Brien, Walke, Morris, Roe, Wainwright, Buck These 12 ships were the last US prewar destroyers class (completed before Dec. 1941). They marked a turning point, leaving behind theoretical considerations and naval staff ideas for a more pragrmatic approach, both … Read more
