Farragut-class destroyer (1934)

USS Farragut in 1935
Class overview
Name	Farragut class
Builders	Boston Navy Yard, MA (2) Brooklyn Navy Yard, NY (2) Bethlehem Fore River, MA (1) Bath Iron Works, ME (1) Puget Sound Navy Yard, WA (1) Philadelphia Navy Yard, PA (1)
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	Clemson class
Succeeded by	Porter class
Built	1932–1935
In commission	1934–1945
Completed	8
Lost	3
Retired	5
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,365 tons standard 2,064 tons full load[1]
Length	341 ft 3 in (104.01 m)
Beam	34 ft 3 in (10.44 m)
Draft	16 ft 2 in (4.93 m)
Installed power	4 Yarrow boilers 2 Parsons geared steam turbines 42,800 shp (31,900 kW)
Propulsion	2 shafts
Speed	37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph)
Range	5,980 nautical miles (11,070 km; 6,880 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	10 officers, 150 enlisted (peacetime) 250 (wartime)
Sensors and processing systems	Mk33 GFCS[2] 1 × SC radar (1943)
Armament	As built: 5 × 5 in (127.0 mm)/38 caliber guns 4 × .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine guns 8 × 21 in (533.4 mm) torpedo tubes (2 × 4), 8 torpedoes circa 1943: 4 × 5 in (127.0 mm)/38 caliber guns 4 × 40 mm (1.6 in) Bofors guns (2 × 2) 5 × 20 mm (0.8 in) Oerlikon cannons 8 × 21 in (533.4 mm) torpedo tubes (2 × 4), 8 torpedoes 4 × K-gun depth charge throwers 2 × Depth charge stern racks

The Farragut-class destroyers were a class of eight 1,365-ton destroyers in the United States Navy and the first US destroyers of post-World War I design. Their construction, along with the Porter class, was authorized by Congress on 29 April 1916, but funding was delayed considerably. Limited to 1,500 tons standard displacement by the provisions of the London Naval Treaty of 1930, the ships were laid down beginning in 1932 and were completed by 1935. After 12 years since the last of the previous class of American destroyers (the Clemson class) was commissioned, the Farraguts were commissioned in 1934 and 1935.

These ships were slightly larger than their predecessors, faster, and they had only two stacks, versus the four stacks common to all the earlier classes. The class was the first of six classes of 1,500-ton destroyers built in the 1930s to modernize the United States Navy, and all eight Farraguts saw extensive front-line service during World War II.^[3] None were lost in battle, although only five survived the war. After numerous incremental improvements, the 1,500-tonners were succeeded by the 2,100-ton Fletcher class, which was not subject to treaty restrictions.