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  Mugford 1945

Ships

No	Name	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
DD386	Bagley		Norfolk N Yd, Portsmouth	7/1935	3.9.1936	6/1937	stricken 2.1947
DD387	Blue		Norfolk N Yd, Portsmouth	9/1935	27.5.1937	8/1937	sunk 22.8.1942
DD388	Helm		Norfolk N Yd, Portsmouth	9/1935	27.5.1937	10/1937	stricken 2.1947
DD389	Mugford		Boston N Yd, Charlestown	10/1935	31.10.1936	8/1937	target in nuclear tests 7.1946, scuttled 22.3.1948
DD390	Ralph Talbot		Boston N Yd, Charlestown	10/1935	31.10.1936	10/1937	target in nuclear tests 7.1946, scuttled 8.3.1948
DD391	Henley		Mare Island N Yd, Vallejo	10/1935	11.1.1937	8/1937	sunk 3.10.1943
DD392	Patterson		Puget Sound N Yd, Bremerton	7/1935	6.5.1937	9/1937	stricken 2.1947
DD393	Jarvis		Puget Sound N Yd, Bremerton	8/1935	6.5.1937	10/1937	sunk 9.8.1942

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1646
Displacement full, t	2245
Length, m	101.8 wl 104.0 oa
Breadth, m	10.8
Draught, m	3.91 full load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Power, h. p.	49000
Max speed, kts	38.5
Fuel, t	oil 337 - 504
Endurance, nm(kts)	6500 (12)
Armament	4 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 12, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 4 x 4 - 533 TT, 2 DCR (14)
Electronic equipment	QCA sonar
Complement	158

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Project history

These ships were built under the FY1934 programme and really were similar to Bethlehem designed Gridley but redesigned under possibilities of naval yards. They differed by stronger hull and machinery repeating accepted on Mahan class. Though Bagley class destroyers have appeared slower than Gridley class, they were considered by naval specialists as much more successful.

Modernizations

early 1942, all: - 4 x 1 - 12.7/90; + 6 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4

late 1942, all survived: + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 4 DCT (44 DC at all)

1942 - 1944, almost all survived: + SC, SG, Mk 12.22 radars

1944, all survived: + 1 x 2 - 40/56 Mk 1.2

1.1946, DD386, 388-390, 392: 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 30, 2 x 1 - 127/38 Mk 21, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 7 x 1 - 20/70 MK 10, 4 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (44), SC, SG, Mk 12.22 radars, QCA sonar

Naval service

Jarvis 8.8.1942 during Guadalcanal landing was damaged by Japanese air torpedo from G4M bomber and sunk next day by Japanese aircraft S of Guadalcanal. Blue 22.8.1942 was badly damaged by a torpedo from Japanese destroyer Kawakaze and scuttled next day at Guadalcanal. Henley 3.10.1943 was sunk at coast of New Guinea by Japanese submarine RO108.

Mugford 7.8.1942 was damaged by Japanese aircraft during Guadalcanal landing and was under repair till the end of a year; 16.9.1944 she was damaged by mine, repair lasted till November, 1944, she was again damaged by kamikaze 5.12.1944 and 5.1.1945. Helm was damaged by kamikaze 5.1.1945. Patterson and Ralph Talbot in battle at Sawo island 9.8.1942 were damaged by Japanese ships and were under repair till the end of year. Ralph Talbot was badly damaged by kamikaze 27.4.1945.

Mugford and Ralph Talbot participated in nuclear tests in July, 1946 at Bikini. Both were sunk as targets in 1948 at new weapons tests.