Gridley-class destroyer | |
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USS Gridley (DD-380) | |
Class overview | |
Name: | Gridley class destroyer |
Builders: |
Boston Navy Yard Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation: Fore River Shipyard Union Iron Works |
Operators: | United States Navy |
Preceded by: | Mahan-class destroyer |
Succeeded by: | Bagley-class destroyer |
Built: | 1935–1938 |
In commission: | 1937–1946 |
Completed: | 4 |
Retired: | 4 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Destroyer |
Displacement: | 1590 tons, 2219 tons full |
Length: | 340 ft 10 in (103.89 m) |
Beam: | 35 ft 10 in (10.92 m) |
Draught: | 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) |
Propulsion: | 50,000 shp; Bethlehem Geared Turbines, 2 screws |
Speed: | 38.5 knots |
Range: | 6500 nm@ 12 knots |
Complement: | 158 |
Armament: |
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The Gridley-class destroyers were a class of four 1500-ton destroyers in the United States Navy.
The initial two ships were laid down on June 3, 1935 and commissioned in 1937. The second two were laid down in March 1936 and commissioned in 1938.
Based on the Mahan-class destroyer, they had the same hull but had only a single stack and mounted sixteen torpedo tubes. Their powerplants were also a significant upgrade from the Mahan class and made the highest speed ever recorded for a United States Navy destroyer.[1]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gridley class destroyers. |
External links[]
- Gridley-class destroyers at Destroyer History Foundation
- Tin Can Sailors @ Destroyers.org Gridley class destroyer
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