Wickes class destroyer
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The Wickes-class destroyers were American destroyers built to create "a fleet second to none". The basic requirement for the class was a possible speed of 35 knots. Congress authorized the project's funding in 1916.
The 111 ships were built at Bath Iron Works, Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Fore River Shipbuilding Company and William Cramp and Sons shipyard.
A number of this class were transferred to the United Kingdom in the Destroyers for Bases Agreement. Others were converted to light minelayers with the designation DM. Some were converted to high speed transports with the designation APD.
Ships in class
Template:Ship box USS Wickes (DD-75) Template:Ship box USS Philip (DD-76) Template:Ship box USS Woolsey (DD-77) Template:Ship box USS Evans (DD-78) Template:Ship box USS Little (DD-79) Template:Ship box USS Kimberly (DD-80) Template:Ship box USS Sigourney (DD-81) Template:Ship box USS Gregory (DD-82) Template:Ship box USS Stringham (DD-83) Template:Ship box USS Dyer (DD-84) Template:Ship box USS Colhoun (DD-85) Template:Ship box USS Stevens (DD-86) Template:Ship box USS McKee (DD-87) Template:Ship box USS Robinson (DD-88) Template:Ship box USS Ringgold (DD-89) Template:Ship box USS McKean (DD-90) Template:Ship box USS Harding (DD-91) Template:Ship box USS Gridley (DD-92) Template:Ship box USS Fairfax (DD-93) Template:Ship box USS Taylor (DD-94) Template:Ship box USS Bell (DD-95) Template:Ship box USS Stribling (DD-96) Template:Ship box USS Murray (DD-97) Template:Ship box USS Israel (DD-98) Template:Ship box USS Luce (DD-99) Template:Ship box USS Maury (DD-100) Template:Ship box USS Lansdale (DD-101) Template:Ship box USS Mahan (DD-102) Template:Ship box USS Schley (DD-103) Template:Ship box USS Champlin (DD-104) Template:Ship box USS Mugford (DD-105) Template:Ship box USS Chew (DD-106) Template:Ship box USS Hazelwood (DD-107) Template:Ship box USS Williams (DD-108) Template:Ship box USS Crane (DD-109) Template:Ship box USS Hart (DD-110) Template:Ship box USS Ingraham (DD-111) Template:Ship box USS Ludlow (DD-112) Template:Ship box USS Rathburne (DD-113) Template:Ship box USS Talbot (DD-114) Template:Ship box USS Waters (DD-115) Template:Ship box USS Dent (DD-116) Template:Ship box USS Dorsey (DD-117) Template:Ship box USS Lea (DD-118) Template:Ship box USS Lamberton (DD-119) Template:Ship box USS Radford (DD-120) Template:Ship box USS Montgomery (DD-121) Template:Ship box USS Breese (DD-122)
A further 63 ships were built.
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