Allied Warships


Destroyers

Wickes class

79 ships


The Wickes class destroyer USS Jacob Jones (i). She was lost on 28 Feb 1942.

Technical information

TypeDestroyer
Displacement1090 BRT 
Length314 feet 
Complement113 men 
Armament4 4" guns
2 3 pounders
12 21" torpedo tubes 
Max speed35 knots
Notes on class 


All ships of the Wickes class:

US Navy (more on US Navy)

USS Abbot (i) (DD 184) (to Britain as HMS Charlestown (I 21))
USS Badger (DD 126)
USS Bagley (i) (DD 185) (to Britain as HMS St. Mary's (I 12))
USS Barney (DD 149)
USS Bernadou (DD 153)
USS Biddle (DD 151)
USS Breckinridge (DD 148)
USS Buchanan (i) (DD 131) (to Britain as HMS Campbeltown (I 42))
USS Chew (DD 106)
USS Claxton (i) (DD 140) (to Britain as HMS Salisbury (I 52))
USS Cole (DD 155)
USS Cowell (i) (DD 167) (to Britain as HMS Brighton (I 08))
USS Crane (DD 109)
USS Crosby (DD 164)
USS Crowninshield (DD 134) (to Britain as HMS Chelsea (I 35))
USS Dent (DD 116)
USS Du Pont (DD 152)
USS Ellis (DD 154)
USS Evans (i) (DD 78) (to Britain as HMS Mansfield (G 76))
USS Fairfax (DD 93) (to Britain as HMS Richmond (G 88))
USS Foote (i) (DD 169) (to Britain as HMS Roxborough (I 07))
USS Greer (DD 145)
USS Hale (i) (DD 133) (to Britain as HMS Caldwell (I 20))
USS Haraden (i) (DD 183) (to Canada as HMCS Columbia (I 49))
USS Herbert (DD 160)
USS Hopewell (i) (DD 181) (to Britain as HMS Bath (I 17))
USS J. Fred Talbott (DD 156)
USS Kennison (DD 138)
USS Kilty (DD 137)
USS Lea (DD 118)
USS MacKenzie (i) (DD 175) (to Canada as HMCS Annapolis (I 04))
USS Maddox (i) (DD 168) (to Britain as HMS Georgetown (I 40))
USS Philip (i) (DD 76) (to Britain as HMS Lancaster (G05))
USS Rathburne (DD 113)
USS Ringgold (i) (DD 89) (to Britain as HMS Newark (G 08))
USS Robinson (i) (DD 88) (to Britain as HMS Newmarket (G 47))
USS Roper (DD 147)
USS Schenck (DD 159)
USS Schley (DD 103)
USS Sigourney (i) (DD 81) (to Britain as HMS Newport (G 54))
USS Talbot (DD 114)
USS Tarbell (DD 142)
USS Tattnall (DD 125)
USS Thatcher (i) (DD 162) (to Canada as HMCS Niagara (I 57))
USS Thomas (i) (DD 182) (to Britain as HMS St Albans (I 15))
USS Tillman (i) (DD 135) (to Britain as HMS Wells (I 95))
USS Twiggs (i) (DD 127) (to Britain as HMS Leamington (G 19))
USS Upshur (DD 144)
USS Walker (i) (DD 163)
USS Ward (DD 139) (lost 7 Dec 1944)
USS Waters (DD 115)
USS Wickes (i) (DD 75) (to Britain as HMS Montgomery (G 95))
USS Williams (DD 108) (to Canada as HMCS St Clair (I 65))
USS Yarnall (i) (DD 143) (to Britain as HMS Lincoln (G 42))
USS Aaron Ward (i) (DD 132) (to Britain as HMS Castleton (I 23))
USS Babbitt (DD 128)
USS Blakeley (DD 150)
USS Dickerson (DD 157) (lost 4 Apr 1945)
USS Jacob Jones (i) (DD 130) (lost 28 Feb 1942)
USS Kalk (i) (DD 170) (to Britain as HMS Hamilton (I 24))
USS Leary (i) (DD 158) (lost 24 Dec 1943)

Destroyer minelayer

US Navy (more on US Navy)

USS Breese (DM 22)
USS Gamble (DM 15)
USS Ramsay (DM 16)
USS Montgomery (DM 17)

High speed minesweeper

US Navy (more on US Navy)

USS Boggs (DMS 3)
USS Dorsey (DMS 1) (lost 9 Oct 1945)
USS Elliot (DMS 4)
USS Hamilton (DMS 18)
USS Hogan (DMS 6)
USS Howard (DMS 7)
USS Lamberton (DMS 2)
USS Palmer (DMS 5) (lost 7 Jan 1945)
USS Stansbury (DMS 8)

High speed transport

US Navy (more on US Navy)

USS Stringham (APD 6)
USS Colhoun (i) (APD 2) (lost 30 Aug 1942)
USS Gregory (i) (APD 3) (lost 5 Sep 1942)
USS Little (i) (APD 4) (lost 5 Sep 1942)
USS McKean (i) (APD 5) (lost 17 Nov 1943)

10 destroyers of the Wickes class lost.


Wickes class ships hit by U-boats (2)

28 Feb 1942USS Jacob Jones (i)SunkU-578
24 Dec 1943USS Leary (i)SunkU-275

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