Porter class destroyer
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= USS Porter (DD-356) |
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Porter class destroyer |
| Operators: |  United States |
| Preceded by: | Farragut class destroyer |
| Succeeded by: | Mahan class destroyer |
| Completed: | 8 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| Retired: | 7 |
| Preserved: | 0 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Porter class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,850 tons |
| Length: | 381 ft (116 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 2 in (11.0 m) |
| Draft: | 10 ft 5 in (3.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | 50,000 shp (37,285 kW); Geared Turbines, 2 screws |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range: | 6,500 nmi. at 12 knots (12,000 km at 22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 194 |
| Armament: | As Built: 1 x Mk33 Gun Fire Control System 8 × 5"(127mm)/38cal SP (4×2), 8 × 1.1"(28mm) AA (2x4), 8 x 21"(533mm) torpedo tubes (2x4) c1942: 1 x Mk33 Gun Fire Control System 8 × 5"(127mm)/38cal SP guns (4×2), 2 X 40mm AA (1x2), 6 x 20mm AA (6x1), 2 x Depth Charge stern racks |
The Porter-class destroyers were a class of eight 1,850-ton destroyers in the United States Navy.
The first four ships were laid down in 1933 by New York Shipbuilding and the next four in 1934 at Bethlehem Steel Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. All were commissioned in 1936 except the Winslow, which was commissioned in 1937.
They were built in response to the large destroyers that the Japanese Navy was building at the time, and were initially leaders of destroyer flotillas. They were originally built with eight Mk 12 5 inch/38 caliber (127 mm) guns in four Mark 22 Single Purpose (surface action only) twin mounts. [1] This proved to be top heavy, and planes were becoming a greater threat ; so during the war, mounts 51 and 54 were replaced with Dual Purpose (surface action and air action) twin mounts, [1] and more smaller anti-aircraft guns were installed. In some ships, mount 52 was replaced by a quad 40 mm mount, and mount 53 became a single 5 in/38 (127/38 mm) Dual Purpose mount. Additional 40 mm guns were added amidships.
[edit] List of Porter class destroyers
- USS Porter (DD-356)
- USS Selfridge (DD-357)
- USS McDougal (DD-358)
- USS Winslow (DD-359)
- USS Phelps (DD-360)
- USS Clark (DD-361)
- USS Moffett (DD-362)
- USS Balch (DD-363)
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