U.S. Navy. Via Wikipedia
Commons.
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Tonnage |
2569 tons standard |
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Dimensions |
434'6" by 40'6" by 16'6" 132.4m by 12.25m by 5.01m |
|
Maximum speed |
37 knots nominal. On trials, all units exceeded design
specifications, achieving 41 knots or more. |
|
Complement |
210 |
|
Armament |
4x1 5.5" guns 1 4" dual-purpose gun 2x1 2-pdr 4x1 37mm AA guns 1x4, 2x2, 2x1 machine guns 3x3 21.7" torpedo tubes 50 mines |
| Machinery |
2-shaft Parsons geared turbines
(74,000 shp) 4 Penhoët small-tube vertical boilers |
|
Bunkerage |
580 tons fuel oil |
|
Range |
4000 nautical miles (7400km) at 15 knots |
| Sensors |
British sonar and radar |
| Modifications |
By 1943: 7x1 20mm Oerlikon AA guns added and 4x1 machine guns removed. 1943: 1 5.5" gun, 3x2 40mm Bofors AA guns and
3 20mm added and 1x3 torpedo tubes removed. |
The French 2610 tonne destroyers (also described as the Le Fantasque class) were very
advanced and modern ships, the first of the contre-torpilleurs, and compared
favorably with some light
cruisers. Completed in 1935-1936 in private yards, they featured a powerful new
5.5" gun and had excellent subdivision, with boiler rooms and engine
rooms laid out alternately. However, their torpedoes were arranged such
that only six tubes could fire to either beam, and their antiaircraft armament was poor
for ships of this size, the main guns having no antiaircraft capability.
The only unit of this class to see service in the Pacific, Le Triomphant, was misused as an escort vessel (for which it lacked the necessary endurance).
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Le Triomphant
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Noumea
Withdrawn 1944-4 Arrived 1944-7 |
References
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