Sims class destroyer
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The Sims-class consisted of 12 destroyers in the United States Navy, built in seven various shipyards, and commissioned in 1939 and 1940. It was the last United States destroyer class completed prior to World War II. All Sims-class ships saw action in World War II, and seven survived the war. No ship of this class saw service after 1946.
Of the five ships lost, four were at the hands of the Japanese and one at the hands of the Germans. Three of the seven survivors were undergoing overhauls that were left unfinished at war’s end and ultimately scrapped. The remaining four seaworthy ships were used as targets during the 1946 Operation Crossroads atomic tests at Bikini Atoll. One was sunk by the first blast, while the other three were sunk as targets two years later after serving as experimental platforms.
[edit] Ships of the class
[edit] General characteristics
- Displacement: 1570 tons
- Length: 347 ft 11 in (106 m)
- Beam: 35 ft 7 in (10.8 m)
- Draft: 17 ft 4 in (5.3 m)
- Speed: 37 knots (69 km/h)
- Armament: 4 x 5 in (127 mm) 38 calibre, 2x4 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
- Complement: 251
- High-pressure super-heated boilers, geared turbines with twin screws, 50,000 hp (37 MW)
[edit] External links
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Sims | Hughes | Anderson | Hammann | Mustin | Russell | O'Brien | Walke | Morris | Roe | Wainwright | Buck |
List of destroyers of the United States Navy List of destroyer classes of the United States Navy |
