What You Need to Know: The Fletcher-class destroyers were the most numerous and arguably among the most versatile warships of World War II, with 175 commissioned by the U.S. Navy.... What You Need to ...

Since the launch of USS Bainbridge in 1902, the U.S. Navy has produced 35 destroyer classes, not including numerous subclasses, evolving from small torpedo boat hunters into multi-mission warships ...

Aug. 2—When the keels for the USS Nicholas and USS O'Bannon were first laid down in 1941 as construction on the ships began at Bath Iron Works in Maine, they became sister ships and were some of the ...