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US Flush-Deck Destroyers 1916-45: Caldwell, Wickes, and Clemson Classes

✍ Scribed by Mark Lardas

Publisher
Osprey Publishing
Year
2018.06.28
Tongue
English
Leaves
49
Series
New Vanguard 259
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

Four pipes and flush decks--these ships were a distinctively American destroyer design. Devised immediately prior to and during the United States' involvement in World War I they dominated the US Navy's destroyer forces all the way through to World War II.

They were deployed on North Atlantic and Norwegian Sea convoys, and virtually everywhere in the Pacific, from Alaska to Australia. Fifty were given to Great Britain in its hour of need in 1940, and many would serve in other navies, fighting under the Soviet, Canadian, Norwegian, and even the Imperial Japanese flags. They also served in a variety of roles becoming seaplane tenders, high-speed transports, minesweepers, and minelayers. One was even used as a self-propelled mine during OperationChariot, destroying the dry dock at St. Nazaire.

Fully illustrated throughout with commissioned artwork and contemporary photographs, this volume reveals the operational history of these US Navy ships that fought with distinction in both World Wars.

✦ Subjects

Naval Warfare;World War 2;World War 1

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