Gridley class
| Gridley class | |
|---|---|
 USS Gridley (DD-380) |
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| Overview | |
| Type | destroyer |
| units | 4 built |
| Namesake | Captain Charles Vernon Gridley |
| period of service |
1937-1946 |
| Technical specifications | |
| displacement |
1590 ts |
| length |
103.90 m |
| width |
10.90 m |
| Draft |
3.90 m |
| crew |
13 officers, 193 NCOs and men |
| drive |
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| speed |
38.5 kn |
| Range |
7800 NM at 12 kn |
| Armament |
When commissioned
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The Gridley-class was a four-unit destroyer- class of the United States Navy with a displacement of 1500 ts. The gridley class was based on the Mahan class . Two destroyers of the class entered service in 1937, the other two in 1938. During the test voyage, the USS Maury (DD-401) reached 42.8 kn, the highest speed ever recorded by a US destroyer. The ships were scrapped in 1948.
The homeport class had the same hull as the Mahan class , only a chimney and a pole mast. Together with the destroyers of the Bagley class and the Benham class , the Gridley class had the most powerful torpedo armament of all US destroyers with 16 torpedo tubes in four quads. This corresponded to the tactical focus on torpedo attacks at the time. There were two quadruplets on each side on the upper deck behind the chimney. The medium 5 "gun in the Mahan class was sacrificed for this setup . The biggest difference to the previous class was the enlarged steam turbines, which operated with a steam pressure of 565 PSI (39 bar) instead of 400 PSI (28 bar) The power was increased to 50,000 hp. The hull, however, had structural weaknesses. In addition, the ships were very heavy , so that they were the only destroyers of the US Navy not equipped with the 40 mm Bofors gun in World War II .
The USS Maury was decommissioned in October 1945 and the USS McCall in November 1945 . Both ships showed structural damage to the hull. The decommissioning of the USS Gridley and the USS Craven took place in 1946. In late 1948, the destroyers were scrapped.
literature
Stefan Terzibaschitsch : Destroyer of the US Navy. ISBN 3-86047-587-8 .
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