There is a new article by Robert Lundgren, the man who discovered how many shells hit the Kirishima, about the battle of Henderson airfield. Apparently the Fletcher was the ship responsible for torpedoing the Portland, not the Yudachi
Incredible ships. The single rudder hampered their maneuverability and the Sumner class addressed this with a twin system. The poor performance of USN DD’s in the early part of the war was attributed to poor doctrine that tethered DD’s to the battle line and didn’t give them independent or free action. Many hard lessons were learned in the Guadalcanal Campaign.
AA armenment of four Ma Deuce .50cal heavy machine guns and a pom-pom gun? Weak. My dad served post war on the USS Ingraham, a Sumner class improved Fletcher with 6 DP 5 inch guns, slightly wider and deeper draft, with twin rudders, and beefed AA artillary of up with 12 40 mm Bofers guns and 11 20 mm guns: vs late war Fletcher's 10 40 mm, and 7 20 mm cannons. And still not enough, despite her downing several, kamikaze bombs killed a score of sailors and she was sent stateside for repairs before the war ended. But she had a very long career, being modified and improved several times. The Ingraham bombarded shore targets in Vietnam about the time I was over there, and ended up as a sinking exercise for the Greek navy, which she served after being sold on to friendly navies. A fitting end for a warrior. The following Gearing class DDs were Sumners made 14 foot longer with a plug midship. Thanks for the informative post.
I own Anatomy Of The Ship USS The Sulllivans, a nice book of the preserved Fletcher class, and thankfully the Atlanta class light cruiser, USS Juneau was discovered, which was named after the five Sullivan brothers who all tragically perished during the Pacific theatre, which an Arleigh Burke class also was named after them, keeping their legacy alive. I also have Tamiya's 1/700 USS Cushing. Take care, and all the best.
I remember that is told that the Fletcher's armor is not armor itself, but rather a much denser steel for the hull that accounts enough to be anti shrapnel
There is a new article by Robert Lundgren, the man who discovered how many shells hit the Kirishima, about the battle of Henderson airfield. Apparently the Fletcher was the ship responsible for torpedoing the Portland, not the Yudachi
Incredible ships. The single rudder hampered their maneuverability and the Sumner class addressed this with a twin system.
The poor performance of USN DD’s in the early part of the war was attributed to poor doctrine that tethered DD’s to the battle line and didn’t give them independent or free action.
Many hard lessons were learned in the Guadalcanal Campaign.
Could we get a video talking about the Japanese heavy cruiser Haguro, arguably the most successful IJN cruiser of the war.
@@metaknight115 I do have one in the works.
Excellent video. I know more about the fletcher class dd than I did. Please keep them coming.
AA armenment of four Ma Deuce .50cal heavy machine guns and a pom-pom gun? Weak. My dad served post war on the USS Ingraham, a Sumner class improved Fletcher with 6 DP 5 inch guns, slightly wider and deeper draft, with twin rudders, and beefed AA artillary of up with 12 40 mm Bofers guns and 11 20 mm guns: vs late war Fletcher's 10 40 mm, and 7 20 mm cannons.
And still not enough, despite her downing several, kamikaze bombs killed a score of sailors and she was sent stateside for repairs before the war ended. But she had a very long career, being modified and improved several times.
The Ingraham bombarded shore targets in Vietnam about the time I was over there, and ended up as a sinking exercise for the Greek navy, which she served after being sold on to friendly navies. A fitting end for a warrior.
The following Gearing class DDs were Sumners made 14 foot longer with a plug midship. Thanks for the informative post.
I own Anatomy Of The Ship USS The Sulllivans, a nice book of the preserved Fletcher class, and thankfully the Atlanta class light cruiser, USS Juneau was discovered, which was named after the five Sullivan brothers who all tragically perished during the Pacific theatre, which an Arleigh Burke class also was named after them, keeping their legacy alive.
I also have Tamiya's 1/700 USS Cushing.
Take care, and all the best.
and another design requirement: make a Yamato class battleship run away!
Though that was as much on BuOrd finally letting us use a torpedo worth running from.
HOW DARE THIS VIDEO HIDE FROM ME FOR 16 SECONDS
Excellent video as usual. A question: did the ship really have "side armor"? Even if only 3/4 inch it's news to me that destroyers had any armor.
I remember that is told that the Fletcher's armor is not armor itself, but rather a much denser steel for the hull that accounts enough to be anti shrapnel
@@H42-s8x That makes sense, thanks
Best of USN, Fletchers 👌
So there is a time for best of IJN, Akizuki 😁