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Strong 1945

Ships

No	Name	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
DD692	Allen M. Sumner	377	Federal, Kearny	7/1943	15.12.1943	1/1944	stricken 8.1973
DD693	Moale	378	Federal, Kearny	8/1943	16.1.1944	2/1944	stricken 7.1973
DD694	Ingraham	379	Federal, Kearny	8/1943	16.1.1944	3/1944	to Greece 7.1971 (Μιαούλης [Miaoulis])
DD695	Cooper	380	Federal, Kearny	8/1943	9.2.1944	3/1944	sunk 3.12.1944
DD696	English	381	Federal, Kearny	10/1943	27.2.1944	5/1944	to Taiwan 8.1970 (惠陽 [Huei Yang])
DD697	Charles S. Sperry	382	Federal, Kearny	10/1943	13.3.1944	5/1944	to Chile 1.1974 (Ministro Zenteno)
DD698	Ault	383	Federal, Kearny	11/1943	26.3.1944	5/1944	stricken 7.1973
DD699	Waldron	384	Federal, Kearny	11/1943	26.3.1944	6/1944	to Colombia 10.1973 (Santander)
DD700	Haynsworth	385	Federal, Kearny	12/1943	15.4.1944	6/1944	to Taiwan 5.1970 (岳陽 [Yuen Yang])
DD701	John W. Weeks	386	Federal, Kearny	1/1944	21.5.1944	7/1944	stricken 8.1970
DD702	Hank	387	Federal, Kearny	1/1944	21.5.1944	8/1944	to Argentina 7.1972 (Seguí)
DD703	Wallace L. Lind	388	Federal, Kearny	2/1944	14.6.1944	9/1944	to South Korea 12.1973 (대구 [Daegu])
DD704	Borie	389	Federal, Kearny	2/1944	4.7.1944	9/1944	to Argentina 7.1972 (Bouchard)
DD705	Compton	390	Federal, Kearny	3/1944	17.9.1944	11/1944	to Brazil 9.1972 (Matto Grosso)
DD706	Gainard	391	Federal, Kearny	3/1944	17.9.1944	11/1944	stricken 2.1971
DD707	Soley	392	Federal, Kearny	4/1944	8.9.1944	12/1944	stricken 2.1970
DD708	Harlan R. Dickson	393	Federal, Kearny	5/1944	17.12.1944	2/1945	stricken 7.1972
DD709	Hugh Purvis	394	Federal, Kearny	5/1944	17.12.1944	3/1945	to Turkey 2.1972 (Zafer)
DD722	Barton	223	Bath Iron Wks	5/1943	10.10.1943	12/1943	stricken 10.1968
DD723	Walke	224	Bath Iron Wks	6/1943	27.10.1943	1/1944	stricken 2.1974
DD724	Laffey	225	Bath Iron Wks	6/1943	21.11.1943	2/1944	stricken 3.1975, preserved
DD725	O'Brien	226	Bath Iron Wks	12/1943	8.12.1943	2/1944	stricken 2.1972
DD726	Meredith	227	Bath Iron Wks	7/1943	21.12.1943	3/1944	sunk 9.6.1944
DD727	De Haven	228	Bath Iron Wks	8/1943	9.1.1944	3/1944	to South Korea 12.1973 (인천 [Incheon])
DD728	Mansfield	229	Bath Iron Wks	8/1943	29.1.1944	4/1944	to Argentina 6.1974 (spares)
DD729	Lyman K. Swenson	230	Bath Iron Wks	9/1943	12.2.1944	5/1944	to Taiwan 5.1974 (spares)
DD730	Collett	231	Bath Iron Wks	10/1943	5.3.1944	5/1944	to Argentina 6.1974 (Piedra Buena)
DD731	Maddox	232	Bath Iron Wks	10/1943	19.3.1944	6/1944	to Taiwan 7.1972 (鄱陽 [Po Yang])
DD732	Hyman	233	Bath Iron Wks	11/1943	8.4.1944	6/1944	stricken 11.1969
DD733	Mannert L. Abele	234	Bath Iron Wks	12/1943	23.4.1944	7/1944	sunk 12.4.1945
DD734	Purdy	235	Bath Iron Wks	12/1943	7.5.1944	7/1944	stricken 7.1973
DD735	Robert H. Smith	236	Bath Iron Wks	1.1944	25.5.1944	---// 8.1944	completed as fast minelayer DM23
DD736	Thomas E. Fraser	237	Bath Iron Wks	1.1944	10.6.1944	---// 8.1944	completed as fast minelayer DM24
DD737	Shannon	238	Bath Iron Wks	2.1944	24.6.1944	---// 9.1944	completed as fast minelayer DM25
DD738	Harry F. Bauer	239	Bath Iron Wks	3.1944	9.7.1944	---// 9.1944	completed as fast minelayer DM26
DD739	Adams	240	Bath Iron Wks	3.1944	23.7.1944	---// 10.1944	completed as fast minelayer DM27
DD740	Tolman	241	Bath Iron Wks	4.1944	13.8.1944	---// 10.1944	completed as fast minelayer DM28
DD741	Drexler	242	Bath Iron Wks	4/1944	3.9.1944	11/1944	sunk 28.5.1945
DD744	Blue	8044	Bethlehem, Staten I, Port Richmond	1/1943	28.11.1943	3/1944	stricken 2.1974
DD745	Brush	8045	Bethlehem, Staten I, Port Richmond	6/1943	28.12.1943	4/1944	to Taiwan 12.1969 (襄陽 [Hsiang Yang])
DD746	Taussig	8046	Bethlehem, Staten I, Port Richmond	8/1943	25.1.1943	5/1944	to Taiwan 5.1974 (洛陽 [Lo Yang])
DD747	Samuel N. Moore	8047	Bethlehem, Staten I, Port Richmond	9/1943	23.2.1944	6/1944	to Taiwan 12.1969 (衡陽 [Heng Yang])
DD748	Harry E. Hubbard	8048	Bethlehem, Staten I, Port Richmond	10/1943	24.3.1944	7/1944	stricken 10.1969
DD749	Henry A. Wiley	8049	Bethlehem, Staten I, Port Richmond	11.1943	21.4.1944	---// 8.1944	completed as fast minelayer DM29
DD750	Shea	8050	Bethlehem, Staten I, Port Richmond	12.1943	20.5.1944	---// 9.1944	completed as fast minelayer DM30
DD751	J. William Ditter	8051	Bethlehem, Staten I, Port Richmond	1.1944	4.7.1944	---// 10.1944	completed as fast minelayer DM31
DD752	Alfred A. Cunningham	8052	Bethlehem, Staten I, Port Richmond	2/1944	3.8.1944	11/1944	stricken 2.1974
DD753	John R. Pierce	8053	Bethlehem, Staten I, Port Richmond	3/1944	1.9.1944	12/1944	stricken 2.7.1973
DD754	Frank E. Evans	8054	Bethlehem, Staten I, Port Richmond	4/1944	3.10.1944	2/1945	collision 2.6.1969
DD755	John A. Bole	8055	Bethlehem, Staten I, Port Richmond	5/1944	1.11.1944	3/1945	to Taiwan 5.1974 (spares)
DD756	Beatty	8056	Bethlehem, Staten I, Port Richmond	7/1944	30.11.1944	3/1945	to Venezuela 8.1972 (Carabobo)
DD757	Putnam	5412	Bethlehem, San Francisco	7/1943	26.3.1944	10/1944	stricken 8.1973
DD758	Strong	5413	Bethlehem, San Francisco	7/1943	23.4.1944	3/1945	to Brazil 10.1973 (Rio Grande de Norte)
DD759	Lofberg	5414	Bethlehem, San Francisco	11/1943	12.8.1944	4/1945	to Taiwan 5.1974 (spares)
DD760	John W. Thomason	5415	Bethlehem, San Francisco	11/1943	30.9.1944	10/1945	to Taiwan 5.1974 (南陽 [Nan Yang])
DD761	Buck	5416	Bethlehem, San Francisco	2/1944	11.3.1945	6/1946	to Brazil 7.1973 (Alagoas)
DD762	Henley	5417	Bethlehem, San Francisco	2/1944	8.4.1945	10/1946	stricken 7.1973
DD770	Lowry	9019	Bethlehem, San Pedro	8/1943	6.2.1944	7/1944	to Brazil 10.1973 (Espírito Santo)
DD771	Lindsey	9020	Bethlehem, San Pedro	9.1943	5.3.1944	---// 8.1944	completed as fast minelayer DM32
DD772	Gwin	9021	Bethlehem, San Pedro	10.1943	9.4.1944	---// 9.1944	completed as fast minelayer DM33
DD773	Aaron Ward	9022	Bethlehem, San Pedro	12.1943	5.5.1944	---// 10.1944	completed as fast minelayer DM34
DD774	Hugh W. Hadley	9023	Bethlehem, San Pedro	2/1944	16.7.1944	11/1944	damaged 11.5.1945, never repaired
DD775	Willard Keith	9024	Bethlehem, San Pedro	3/1944	29.8.1944	12/1944	to Colombia 7.1972 (Caldas)
DD776	James C. Owens	9025	Bethlehem, San Pedro	4/1944	1.10.1944	2/1945	to Brazil 7.1973 (Sergipe)
DD777	Zellars	32	Todd-Pacific, Seattle	12/1943	19.7.1944	10/1944	to Iran 3.1971 (بابر [Babr])
DD778	Massey	33	Todd-Pacific, Seattle	1/1944	19.8.1944	11/1944	stricken 9.1973
DD779	Douglas H. Fox	34	Todd-Pacific, Seattle	1/1944	30.9.1944	12/1944	to Chile 1.1974 (Ministro Portales)
DD780	Stormes	35	Todd-Pacific, Seattle	2/1944	4.11.1944	1/1945	to Iran 2.1972 (پلنگ [Palang])
DD781	Robert K. Huntington	36	Todd-Pacific, Seattle	2/1944	5.12.1944	3/1945	to Venezuela 10.1973 (Falcon)
DD857	Bristol	9026	Bethlehem, San Pedro	5/1944	29.10.1944	3/1945	to Taiwan 9.1969 (華陽 [Hua Yang])

Technical data

Data variant	as commissioned	FRAM II modernization
Displacement standard, t	2610	2345
Displacement full, t	3218	3210
Length, m	112.5 wl 114.8 oa	112.5 wl 114.8 oa
Breadth, m	12.5	12.5
Draught, m	4.32 full load	4.30
No of shafts	2	2
Machinery	2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers	General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Power, h. p.	60000	60000
Max speed, kts	36.5	33.4
Fuel, t	oil 379 - 504	oil 497
Endurance, nm(kts)	3300 (20)	3300 (20)
Armament	DD692 - 709, 722 - 734, 741 - 748, 752 - 759, 770, 774 - 781, 857: 3 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 12, 2 x 4 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 2 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 11 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 2 x 5 - 533 TT, 6 DCT, 2 DCR (56) DD760: 3 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 12, 3 x 4 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 2 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 10 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 4, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 6 DCT, 2 DCR (56) DD761, 762: 3 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 3 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 10 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 6 DCT, 2 DCR (56)	3 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 2 x 1 - 533 TT, 2 x 3 - 324 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL, 1 DASH helicopter
Electronic equipment	presumably DD692 - 698, 722 - 730, 744 - 746: SC, SG, Mk 12.22 radars, QGA sonar presumably DD699 - 709, 731 - 734, 741, 747, 748, 752 - 762, 770, 774 - 781, 857: SG, SR, Mk 12.22 radars, QGA sonar	SPS-29, SPS-37 or SPS-40 radars, SQS-4 sonar with towed array, WLR-1, ULQ-6 ECM suites
Complement	336	302

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Project history

At all advantages Fletcher class destroyers not in full met the requirements of US Navy. First of all the appreciable outline profile was exposed to criticism, that at that time was considered unallowable for destroyers (this claim was shown also to their predecessors, Benson class). Creation of the new design of "barely visible" destroyer was seriously considered, she would to be armed by automatic 127/54mm DP guns (still being in designing stage). As designing "from zero" demanded too much time, it have resorted to much more rational way: already existing design of the Fletcher was re-designed, having changed both bow 127mm guns by one twin, that allowed to decrease the size of a fwd superstructure. Alas, it has appeared, that thus there is no place for the majority of systems and the equipment. It has been recognised impossibility of reduction of an outline profile without cardinal alteration of the project, however the done work has not gone to waste. By this time necessity to redesign the Fletcher design was occurred for the placing of additional AA armament. It has appeared inconveniently on existing ships as because of threat of stability decreasing, and of the absence of a place on an upper deck and superstructures. The exit has been suggested by replacement of single 127mm mounts by twin in the "barely visible" destroyer design. After installation of three twin gun mounts instead of five single there was a possibility to deliver both TTs on a length (having lowered risk of their simultaneous defeat) and assign a place for additional AA automatic guns. For preservation of stability the hull had by 0.4m breadth. Approved by the Secretary of Navy in April, 1942, the design provided armament consisted of 3 twin 127mm/38 DP mounts, 2 twin 40mm/56 and 4 20mm/70 AA guns and 2 quintuple 533mm TTs. In August the order on 69 ships has followed (one more - DD857 - was laid down as Gearing class, but completed as Allen M. Sumner class).

In the summer of 1943 design changes were made, concerning in AA arms: in addition to twin 40mm/56 Boforses two quadruple were added, and number of 20mm Oerlikons has increased to 11. At trials overloaded ships could not come nearer to a designed speed of 36.5kts; at the displacement close to full, they hardly achieved 31kts and at a normal displacement they were hardly faster (33kts).

In the summer of 1944 the decision on completion of 12 destroyers of Allen М Sumner class (DD735-740, 749-751 and 771-773, indexes were changed on DM23-34 respectively) as fast minelayers was accepted. Mine rails for 120 mines were fitted on quarter deck, for compensation of increased more than on 100t top weight removing of both TT , three Oerlikons aft and two to six DCT was provided. Despite the taken measures, a of ships at full mine stowage called anxiety and ships practically were not used on the direct assignment.

In 1945 destroyers of this class have significantly strengthened antiaircraft armament: aft TT was replaced by third quadruple Bofors and single Oerlikons by 10 twin.

Modernizations

summer 1945, all completed and survived: - 11 x 1 - 20/70, 1 x 5 - 533 TT; + 1 x 4 - 40/56 Mk 1.2, 10 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 4

1.1946, all survived: 3 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 3 x 4 - 40/60 Mk 2, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 10 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 1 x 5 - 533 TT, 6 DCT, 2 DCR (56)