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 ONI 222 |
| Tonnage | 1834 tons standard displacement |
| Dimensions | 381' by 37' by 13' 116.1m by 11.3m by 4.0m |
| Maximum speed | 37 knots |
| Complement | 194 |
| Armament | 4x2 5"/38
guns 2x4 21" torpedo tubes (1 reload) 3x4 1.1" AA guns 5x1 20mm Oerlikon AA guns 2 0.50 machine guns 2 depth charge racks 2 depth charge throwers |
| Protection |
Splinter protection (STS) for
bridge, guns, and machinery |
| Machinery |
2-shaft geared turbine
(50,000
shp) 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers |
| Bunkerage | 635 tons fuel oil |
| Range | 6500 nautical miles (12,000 km) at 12 knots |
| Sensors |
FC fire control
radar SC search radar QC sonar |
| Modifications |
1943: 1x4 1.1" and 2x1 20mm guns replaced with 2x2 40mm Bofors AA guns. 1944: One twin 5" turret removed. Light antiaircraft upgraded to 1x4, 2x2 40mm guns and 6x1 20mm guns. Late 1944: Twin low-angle 5" turrets replaced with 2x1, 1x1 high-angle 5" turrets. Improved directors and Mark 12/22 radar installed. 1945: Both torpedo banks removed.
Light
antiaircraft increased to 3x4, 2x2 40mm guns and 2x2 20mm
guns with
improved directors. |
The U.S. Navy had proposed building destroyer flotilla leaders as
early
as 1917, but Congress had refused funding for the ships, and it
was not
until 1927 that the proposal was revived. A preliminary design was
drafted by January 1932 for a fast, powerful destroyer with some
splinter protection and armed with the then-new 5"/38 dual-purpose
gun.
The displacement was fixed at 1850 tons, the treaty
limit.
Authorization for construction of eight ships of the Porter
class was given in 1933 and they were
completed in 1936-1937.
Unfortunately, the final design mounted the main
guns in twin turrets with only a 30° maximum
elevation, making them useless against
aircraft,
though
they had superior fire control against surface targets. These
turrets
were finally replaced with high-angle turrets in 1944. Extensive
modification was required to reduce top weight enough to
permit increased to the light antiaircraft battery, though most of
this
work was completed before war broke out.
| Selfridge | Pearl Harbor | |
| Task Force 8
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| Crippled by torpedoes 1942-10-26
and scuttled |
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