Wickes-class destroyer
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The Wickes-class destroyers were a class of 111 destroyers built by the United States Navy in 1917–19. Together with the six preceding Caldwell-class and following 156 subsequent Clemson-class destroyers, they were grouped as the "flush-deck" or "four-stack" type. Only a few were completed in time to serve in World War I, including USS Wickes, the lead ship of the class.
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Class overview | |
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Name | Wickes class |
Builders | Various |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Caldwell class |
Succeeded by | Clemson class |
Subclasses |
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Built | 1917–21 |
In commission | 1918–46 (USN) |
Completed | 111 |
Lost |
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Retired | 90 scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 314 ft 4.5 in (95.82 m) |
Beam | 30 ft 11.25 in (9.43 m) |
Draft | 9 ft (2.74 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 35.3 kn (65.4 km/h; 40.6 mph) |
Complement | 100 officers and enlisted |
Sensors and processing systems | 1 × SC radar |
Armament | |
Notes | popularly known as Flush Deckers, Four Pipers, Four-stackers, 1200-ton type |
While some were scrapped in the 1930s, the rest served throughout World War II. Most of these were converted to other uses; nearly all in U.S. service had half their boilers and one or more stacks removed to increase fuel and range or accommodate troops.[2] Others were transferred to the British Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy, some of which were later transferred to the Soviet Navy. All were scrapped within a few years after World War II.