Few if any 20th century warships were more justly acclaimed than
the destroyers of the US Navy's Fletcher class. Admired as they
were for their advanced and rakish design, it was their record as
workhorses of the Pacific War that placed them among the most
battle-tested and successful fighting ships of all time. This title
describes the Fletchers and their Allen M. Sumner- and
Gearing-class derivatives, their machinery, armament, and
construction, with a listing of all 343 ships by hull number and
builder. It features an operational history of the 287 ships
commissioned during World War II, which traces the evolution of
night surface action tactics in the Solomon Islands and the
parallel development of the Combat Information Center; the drive
across the Pacific and liberation of the Philippines with tables
showing the rapid introduction of new squadrons; and the radar
pickets' climactic stand against kamikaze aircraft at Okinawa. With
summaries of losses and decorations and specially commissioned
artwork, this is a definitive book on the wartime US destroyer
classes.
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