Contributor: ww2dbasePorter was the lead ship of her class of destroyers. She had her shakedown cruise off northern Europe. Assigned to the Pacific Fleet in Jul 197, she was based in San Francisco and San Diego. She was two days out of Pearl Harbor on the day of the Japanese attack in...
ww2dbaseUpon completion of repairs, Hull arrived at Adak, Alaska, in the Aleutian Islands, on 16 Apr 1943. She exercised with battleships and cruisers, and then remained at Adak as the larger ships moved out to attack Attu in May. In Jul and Aug, she bombarded Kiska Island, and then su...
Destroyers are small warships (defined in the London Treaty of 1930 as being no more than 1,850 tons), and armed with light weapons (guns of calibre no more than 5.1 inches (130 mm)). In the British Royal Navy during the second world war a ship must also be fitted with torpedo ...
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Ships-in-Class (30) Notable series variants as part of the USS Laffey (DD-459) family line as relating to the Benson-class group. USS Benson (DD-421); USS Mayo (DD-422); USS Madison (DD-425); USS Lansdale (DD-426); USS Hilary P. Jones (DD-427); USS Charles F. Hughes (...
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A total of 19 Yūgumo class destroyers were built. 12 of which were built in 1941 with the remaining 7 being completed in 1944. All 19 ships were sunk in combat during their operational service in WW2. Fortunately for our own aspiring naval commanders, Yūgumo will take on a much more cen...
Speed 28 knots Armament 3 x 5"/40 DP, up to 29 x 25mm AA, 4 x 24" TT, 36 DCs Crew ? Links From Related Partner SitesMatsu-class Destroyer * Matsu Related Partner Sites: Combined Fleet Message Board | J-Air Forum | WW2 Database | IJN Doctrine | 3-D IJN Warships ...
The price ballooned to the point some in the Navy tried to kill the program. Instead, the program originally envisioned for 32 ships was truncated. The ship, which will be based in San Diego, stands to play a role in the Obama administration’s “rebalance” of resources to Asia and the...
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