Farragut Class Destroyer (1934)
As Built:
- 5 × 5 inch/38 caliber guns
- 4 × .50 caliber machine guns
- 8 × 21 inch torpedo tubes (2x4)
circa 1943:
- 4 × 5 inch/38 caliber guns
- 2 × twin 40 mm Bofors guns
- 5 × 20 mm Oerlikon cannons
- 8 × 21 inch torpedo tubes (2×4)
- 2 × depth charge stern racks
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, versus the earlier four. They were the first of six classes of 1,500-ton destroyers built in the 1930s to modernize the United States Navy, and all saw extensive front-line service during World War II.
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