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USS Erben underway in the 1950s
Class overview
Name	Fletcher class
Builders	Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearney, New Jersey Bath Iron Works Boston Navy Yard Charleston Navy Yard Consolidated Steel Corporation Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro, California, Terminal Island Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Francisco California Bethlehem Shipbuilding, Staten Island, New York Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Operators	United States Navy  Argentine Navy  Brazilian Navy  Chilean Navy  Colombian National Navy  Hellenic Navy  Italian Navy  Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force  Mexican Navy  Peruvian Navy  Republic of Korea Navy  Spanish Navy  Republic of China Navy  Turkish Navy  German Navy
Preceded by	Gleaves class
Succeeded by	Allen M. Sumner class
Subclasses	Ariake class Zerstörer 1 class Fante class Lepanto class Chungmu class
Cost	$6 million
Built	3 March 1941 to 22 February 1945
In commission	4 June 1942 to 1971 (USN), 2001 (Mexico)
Completed	175
Cancelled	13
Lost	19, plus 6 not repaired
Preserved	USS Cassin Young (DD-793) USS The Sullivans (DD-537) USS Kidd (DD-661) Greek destroyer Velos
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	2,100 long tons (2,134 t) (Standard load) 2,544 long tons (2,585 t) (Full load)
Length	376.5 ft (114.8 m)
Beam	39.5 ft (12.0 m)
Draft	17.5 ft (5.3 m)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45,000 kW); 4 oil-fired boilers; 2 geared steam turbines; 2 screws
Speed	36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph)
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Boats & landing craft carried	2 × lifeboats
Complement	329 officers and enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	SC surveillance radar SG air-search radar
Armament	Varied; see § Armament

The Fletcher class was a group of 175 destroyers ordered for the United States Navy between 1942 and 1944. They were the first class of US destroyers to be designed and constructed without consideration of interwar treaty limitations.