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One hundred and eleven '''''Wickes'' class destroyers''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]], the first being delivered in 1918. They were a more powerful version of the preceding [[Caldwell Class Destroyer (1917)|''Caldwell'' class]], capable of 35 knots. | One hundred and eleven '''''Wickes'' class destroyers''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]], the first being delivered in 1918 and most of the balance being commissioned in 1919. They were a more powerful version of the preceding [[Caldwell Class Destroyer (1917)|''Caldwell'' class]], capable of 35 knots. | ||
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hullno=DD-75 | hullno=DD-75 | ||
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laid={{FriedmanUSDestroyers|p. 430}} | laid=26 Jun 17{{FriedmanUSDestroyers|p. 430}} | ||
launch={{FriedmanUSDestroyers|p. 430}} | launch=25 Jun 18{{FriedmanUSDestroyers|p. 430}} | ||
comm={{FriedmanUSDestroyers|p. 430}} | comm=31 Jul 18{{FriedmanUSDestroyers|p. 430}} | ||
decomm={{FriedmanUSDestroyers|p. 430}} | decomm=23 Oct 40{{FriedmanUSDestroyers|p. 430}} | ||
fatedate=Mar 1945{{FriedmanUSDestroyers|p. 430}} | |||
fate=Broken up | |||
fate2= | fate2=as H.M.S. ''Montgomery'' | ||
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Revision as of 18:46, 1 November 2014
One hundred and eleven Wickes class destroyers were completed for the U.S. Navy, the first being delivered in 1918 and most of the balance being commissioned in 1919. They were a more powerful version of the preceding Caldwell class, capable of 35 knots.
This page is a placeholder for the moment, showing just the lead ship in the class. I will enter the data at the footer later so that FredBot can create the many stub pages for the ships. — TONY LOVELL, Editor.
Design & Construction
Performance
Armament
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com).
