Farragut class destroyer (1934)
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The Farragut-class destroyers were a class of eight 1,365-ton destroyers in the United States Navy.
Following provisions of the London Naval Treaty of 1930, the ships were laid down between 1932 and completed by 1935. After more than 14 years since the last of the Clemson-class was commissioned, the Farraguts were commissioned in 1934 and 1935.
These ships were slightly larger than their predecessors, faster and had only two stacks, vice the earlier four. Their gun armament was increased to five 5"/38 (127/38 mm) dual-purpose weapons, each in its own turret.
All ships were present at the attack on Pearl Harbor. Worden ran aground in Alaskan waters in 1943. Hull and Monaghan were lost in a typhoon in 1944. The remaining five ships survived World War II to be broken up for scrap shortly after the end of the war.
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| Farragut-class destroyer (1934) |
| Farragut | Dewey | Hull | Macdonough | Worden | Dale | Monaghan | Aylwin |
List of destroyers of the United States Navy List of destroyer classes of the United States Navy |
