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the main armament was replaced by five dual-purpose guns in two twin and one single mount. Later in these two, the torpedo armament was eliminated along with two K-guns and one depth charge rack to maximize the number of 40 mm guns at 14, placed in two quad mounts and three twin mounts.
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1428:US Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History
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972:invasion of southern France
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3000:Somers-class destroyers
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1563:1850-ton leader classes
1554:"Goldplater" destroyers
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2037:Oregon City
2016:New Orleans
2002:Northampton
1876:Battleships
1830:Long Island
913:Free French
863:New Ireland
812:conducting
696:economizers
692:superheated
670:Engineering
575:in August.
535:and in the
435:superheated
364:stern racks
104:Preceded by
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2913:Net laying
2858:Ammunition
2589:Submarines
2451:Minelayers
2205:Destroyers
2138:Sacramento
2044:Des Moines
1913:New Mexico
1858:Casablanca
1630:Warrington
1543:Warrington
1351:Warrington
1212:References
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1021:Laid down
980:Warrington
867:New Guinea
831:Warrington
621:New Mexico
617:battleship
577:Warrington
533:New Guinea
509:Warrington
392:destroyers
283:Complement
259:Propulsion
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2762:Andromeda
2726:T3 tanker
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2716:T1 tanker
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2578:Admirable
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2145:Asheville
2106:Worcester
2085:Cleveland
2030:Baltimore
1995:Pensacola
1920:Tennessee
1748:Lexington
1217:Citations
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1024:Launched
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958:struck a
918:Richelieu
915:warships
810:Caribbean
736:Like the
727:USS
595:The five
581:hurricane
505:Caribbean
444:Like the
356:torpedoes
347:3 × quad
344:(12.7 mm)
334:2 × quad
328:4 × twin
324:As built:
305:Mk35 GFCS
179:Destroyer
146:Completed
141:1937–1945
133:1935–1939
86:Operators
2903:Hospital
2873:Barracks
2825:Denebola
2769:Arcturus
2676:Mackerel
2648:Porpoise
2641:Cachalot
2620:Argonaut
2516:Camanche
2381:Rudderow
2312:Fletcher
2242:Farragut
2221:Caldwell
2152:Plymouth
2122:Gunboats
2071:Brooklyn
2009:Portland
1927:Colorado
1892:New York
1851:Sangamon
1762:Yorktown
1541:and USS
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1197:See also
1018:Builder
942:, which
924:Montcalm
901:Bathurst
820:and the
806:Atlantic
760:and two
718:Armament
682:s, four
551:, which
523:and the
460:and two
318:Armament
310:SC radar
262:2 shafts
67:Builders
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2790:Alstede
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2776:Artemis
2755:Haskell
2749:Victory
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2627:Narwhal
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2441:PT boat
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2263:Gridley
2235:Clemson
2214:Sampson
2131:Dubuque
2078:Atlanta
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1955:Montana
1885:Wyoming
1837:Charger
1637:Sampson
1391:Sources
1297:30 June
1175:DD-396
1148:DD-395
1116:DD-394
1111:Sampson
1102:Bahamas
1081:DD-383
1045:DD-381
984:Bahamas
933:Senegal
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800:Service
768:s, the
740:s, the
708:gearing
664:caliber
643:Gridley
613:boilers
585:Bahamas
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513:Sampson
470:Somers'
468:s, the
423:boilers
162:Retired
45:in 1944
2933:Repair
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2832:Hyades
2818:Arctic
2669:Tambor
2655:Salmon
2495:Keokuk
2488:Terror
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2460:Oglala
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1975:Alaska
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1810:Saipan
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1667:Bagley
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