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I worked up this table, but I can't get it to leave the other infoboxes alone. Can somebody? My data is from Fitzsimmons, Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Weapons and Warfare (Phoebus, 1978), Volume 5. Trekphiler 19:48, 24 December 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II

  • Janes says that your Leeds Class was actually the Montgomery Class, and consisted of
  • Caldwell
  • Castleton
  • Chelsea
  • Lancaster
  • Leamington
  • Mansfield
  • Montgomery
  • Richmond
  • Salisbury, and
  • Wells

Additional classes of lend-lease ships in the British navy were the Burnham Class, Newport Class, and Leeds Class.

The actual Leeds Class consisted of

  • Leeds
  • ludlow, and
  • Lewes

BTW, the Town Classes were named for towns and vilages common to both the USA and Britain.

SSG Cornelius Seon (Retired) 02:25, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

Caldwell-class destroyers
Hull number and name Laid Down Launched Commissioned Builder Fate
DD-69 Caldwell 9/12/16 10/7/1917 1/12/1917 Mare Island Navy Yd Stricken 7/1/36 and scrapped
DD-70 Craven 20/11/17 29/6/18 19/10/18 Norfolk Navy Yd Conway 20/11/39, HMS Lewes 23/10/40, scuttled 12/10/45
DD-71 Gwin 21/6/17 22/12/17 18/3/20 Seattle Dry Dock Co Stricken 25/1/37 and scrapped
DD-72 Conner 16/10/17 21/8/17 12/1/18 William Cramp Ship Building Co. HMS Leeds 23/10/40, scrapped 1947
DD-73 Stockton 16/10/16 17/8/17 26/11/17 William Cramp Ship Building Co. HMS Ludlow 23/10/40, scrapped 1945
DD-74 Manley 22/8/16 23/8/17 15/10/1917 Bath Iron Works (Bath, ME) AGS-28 11/38, APD-1 2/8/40, stricken 5/12/45 and scrapped