Gridley-class destroyer
 USS Gridley (DD-380) | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Gridley class destroyer |
| Builders: |
Boston Navy Yard Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation: Fore River Shipyard Union Iron Works |
| Operators: |
 United States Navy |
| Preceded by: | Mahan-class destroyer |
| Succeeded by: | Bagley-class destroyer |
| Built: | 1935–1938 |
| In commission: | 1937–1946 |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Retired: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1590 tons, 2219 tons full |
| Length: | 340 ft 10 in (103.89 m) |
| Beam: | 35 ft 10 in (10.92 m) |
| Draught: | 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) |
| Propulsion: | 50,000 shp; 4 Yarrow boilers, Bethlehem geared steam turbines, 2 screws |
| Speed: | 38.5 knots |
| Range: | 6500 nm@ 12 knots |
| Complement: | 158 |
| Armament: |
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The Gridley-class destroyers were a class of four 1500-ton destroyers in the United States Navy.
The initial two ships were laid down on June 3, 1935 and commissioned in 1937. The second two were laid down in March 1936 and commissioned in 1938.
Based on the Mahan-class destroyer, they had the same hull but had only a single stack and mounted sixteen torpedo tubes, an increase of four. To compensate for the increased torpedo armament weight, the gun armament was slightly reduced from five 5"/38 caliber guns to four. Their powerplants were also a significant upgrade from the Mahan class, with steam pressure increased from 400 psi to 565 psi, superheated in both cases to 700F. USS Maury (DD-401) made the highest trial speed ever recorded for a United States Navy destroyer, 42.8 knots.[1]
Ships in class
References
See also
Media related to Gridley class destroyers at Wikimedia Commons
External links
- Gridley-class destroyers at Destroyer History Foundation
- Tin Can Sailors @ Destroyers.org Gridley class destroyer
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