Farragut-class destroyer

USS Farragut underway in the Central Pacific, December 1943

Class Overview

Builder

Fore River Shipyards, Bath Iron Works, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Boston Navy Yard, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard

Class

Farragut-class

Type

Destroyer

Technical Information

Length

104.0 meters (341.2 ft)

Beam

10.4 meters (34.1 ft)

Draught

4.9 meters (16.08 ft)

Displacement

1,365 tons standard, 2,064 tons fully loaded

Machinery

4 Yarrow boilers, 2 x Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 shafts

Speed

37 knots (43 mph or 69 km/h)

Range

5,980 nautical miles at 12 knots

Armament

As built 5 x 5-inch/38 cal guns, 4 x 0.50 cal machine guns, 8 x 21-inch torpedo tubes, 8 x torpedoes.

Crew

10 officers and 150 enlisted

Usage

Affiliation

United States of America

[Source]

The Farragut-class of destroyers were eight destroyers produced for the United States Navy during the early 1930s. These destroyers were slightly larger and faster, with only two boiler stacks instead of the normal four. All eight destroyers served in World War II in the front lines, where none were lost in battle.

Ships in class[]

USS Farragut (DD-348)
USS Dewey (DD-349)
USS Hull (DD-350)
USS Macdonough (DD-351)
USS Worden (DD-352)
USS Dale (DD-353)
USS Monaghan (DD-354)
USS Aylwin (DD-355)