H. Smith class of destroyer minelayers was built by the United States during World War II. The class was named for naval officer Robert H. Smith. These...
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The Smith-class destroyers were the first ocean-going torpedo-boat destroyers in the United States Navy, and the first to be driven by steam turbines...
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The Paulding-class destroyers were a series of United States Navy destroyers derived from the Smith class with the torpedo tubes increased from three to...
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Sumner class was a group of 58 destroyers built by the United States during World War II. Another twelve ships were completed as destroyer minelayers...
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The W and Z class was a class of sixteen destroyers of the Royal Navy launched in 1943–1944. They were constructed as two flotillas, with names beginning...
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The Zumwalt-class destroyer is a class of three United States Navy guided-missile destroyers designed as multi-mission stealth ships with a focus on land...
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The Hobart class is a ship class of three air warfare destroyers (AWDs) built for the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). Planning for ships to replace the Adelaide-class...
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Three Truxtun-class destroyers were built for the United States Navy. Part of the original 16 destroyers authorized by Congress on 4 May 1898 for the fiscal...
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the Clemson and Wickes-class destroyers. The peacetime years between 1919 and 1941 resulted in many of these flush deck destroyers being laid up. Additionally...
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USS Aaron Ward (DM-34) (category Robert H. Smith-class destroyers)
Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer in the service of the United States Navy. She was laid down as an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer (DD-773) on...
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Bainbridge-class destroyers were a class of United States Navy Torpedo Boat Destroyers (TBDs) built between 1899 and 1903. The first class so designated...
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The I-class destroyers were a group of nine destroyers, including a flotilla leader, built for the Royal Navy during the 1930s. Four similar ships were...
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USS Smith (DD–17) was the lead ship of Smith-class destroyers in the United States Navy. She was the first ship named for Lieutenant Joseph B. Smith. Entering...
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a list of destroyer classes. Catamarca class — 2 ships La Plata class — 2 ships Cervantes class — 2 ships, ex-Churruca class Mendoza class — 3 ships Buenos...
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USS Preston (DD-19) (category Smith-class destroyers)
USS Preston (DD–19) was a Smith-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the third ship named for Samuel W. Preston. Preston...
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USS Reid (DD-21) (category Smith-class destroyers)
USS Reid (DD–21) was a Smith-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the first ship named for Samuel Chester Reid. Reid...
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USS Lamson (DD-18) (category Smith-class destroyers)
USS Lamson (DD–18) was a Smith-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the first ship named for Roswell Lamson. Lamson was...
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Mahan-class destroyers of the United States Navy were a series of 18 destroyers of which the first 16 were laid down in 1934. The last two of the 18,...
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USS Flusser (DD-20) (category Smith-class destroyers)
USS Flusser (DD–20) was a Smith-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the second ship named for Lieutenant commander Charles...
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USS Adams (DM-27) (category Robert H. Smith-class destroyers)
M. Sumner-class destroyer, on 20 March 1944 at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. She was redesignated a Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer DM-27...
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single destroyer tender operated together.[citation needed] After the war, destroyers grew in size. The American Allen M. Sumner-class destroyers had a...
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The Battle class were a class of destroyers of the British Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN), named after naval or other battles fought by...
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The S class (initially known as the Modified Trenchant class) was a class of 67 destroyers ordered for the Royal Navy in 1917 under the 11th and 12th Emergency...
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USS Robert H. Smith (DD-735/DM-23) was the lead ship of her class of destroyer minelayers in the United States Navy. Robert Holmes Smith was born on 8...
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USS Shea (category Robert H. Smith-class destroyers)
USS Shea (DD-750/DM-30/MMD-30) was a Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer in the United States Navy. John Joseph Shea was born on 13 January 1898...
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USS Shannon (category Robert H. Smith-class destroyers)
USS Shannon (DD-737/DM-25/MMD-25) was a Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer in the United States Navy. Harold Douglas Shannon was born on 16 September...
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USS Lindsey (category Robert H. Smith-class destroyers)
USS Lindsey (DD-771/DM-32/MMD-32) was a Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Eugene...
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to Mauvenet TCG Muavenet (DM 357), the former American Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer USS Gwin, transferred to the Turkish Navy in 1971; struck...
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USS Thomas E. Fraser (category Robert H. Smith-class destroyers)
USS Thomas E. Fraser (DD-736/DM-24) was a Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer in the United States Navy. Thomas Edward Fraser was born on 6 February...
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The Tucker class of destroyers was a ship class of six ships designed by and built for the United States Navy shortly before the United States entered...
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