Wickes-class destroyer

	USS Crowninshield
Class overview
Name	Wickes class
Builders	Various
Operators	United States Navy; Royal Navy; Royal Canadian Navy; Soviet Navy; Royal Norwegian Navy; Royal Netherlands Navy;
Preceded by	Caldwell class
Succeeded by	Clemson class
Subclasses	Little (52 ships); Lamberton (11 ships); Tattnall (10 ships);
Built	1917–21
In commission	1918–46 (USN)
Completed	111
Lost	9 sunk in battle; 5 sunk as targets; 7 others sunk or destroyed in other ways;
Retired	90 scrapped
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,154 tons (normal); 1,247 tons (full load);
Length	314 ft 4.5 in (95.82 m)
Beam	30 ft 11.25 in (9.43 m)
Draft	9 ft (2.74 m)
Propulsion	4 × boilers, 300 psi (2,100 kPa) saturated steam; 2 Parsons geared steam turbines, 24,610 hp (18,350 kW); 2 shafts;
Speed	35.3 kn (65.4 km/h; 40.6 mph)
Complement	100 officers and enlisted
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 × SC radar
Armament	4 × 4 in (102 mm)/50 caliber guns; 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/23 caliber AA gun; 4 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;
Notes	popularly known as Flush Deckers, Four Pipers, Four-stackers, 1200-ton type

The Wickes-class destroyers were a class of 111 destroyers built by the United States Navy in 1917–19. Together with the six preceding Caldwell-class and following 156 subsequent Clemson-class destroyers, they were grouped as the "flush-deck" or "four-stack" type. Only a few were completed in time to serve in World War I, including USS Wickes, the lead ship of the class.

While some were scrapped in the 1930s, the rest served throughout World War II. Most of these were converted to other uses; nearly all in U.S. service had half their boilers and one or more stacks removed to increase fuel and range or accommodate troops.^[2] Others were transferred to the British Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy, some of which were later transferred to the Soviet Navy. All were scrapped within a few years after World War II.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Thomas, Donald I., CAPT USN "Recommissioning Destroyers, 1939 Style" United States Naval Institute Proceedings September 1979 p.71
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[proceedings-1] Thomas, Donald I., CAPT USN "Recommissioning Destroyers, 1939 Style" United States Naval Institute Proceedings September 1979 p.71

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Class overview
USS Crowninshield
Name	Wickes class
Builders	Various
Operators	United States Navy Royal Navy Royal Canadian Navy Soviet Navy Royal Norwegian Navy Royal Netherlands Navy
Preceded by	Caldwell class
Succeeded by	Clemson class
Subclasses	Little (52 ships) Lamberton (11 ships) Tattnall (10 ships)
Built	1917–21
In commission	1918–46 (USN)
Completed	111
Lost	9 sunk in battle 5 sunk as targets 7 others sunk or destroyed in other ways
Retired	90 scrapped
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,154 tons (normal) 1,247 tons (full load)
Length	314 ft 4.5 in (95.82 m)
Beam	30 ft 11.25 in (9.43 m)
Draft	9 ft (2.74 m)
Propulsion	4 × boilers, 300 psi (2,100 kPa) saturated steam^[1] 2 Parsons geared steam turbines, 24,610 hp (18,350 kW)^[1] 2 shafts
Speed	35.3 kn (65.4 km/h; 40.6 mph)
Complement	100 officers and enlisted
Sensors and processing systems	1 × SC radar
Armament	4 × 4 in (102 mm)/50 caliber guns^[1] 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/23 caliber AA gun^[1] 4 × triple 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes^[1]
Notes	popularly known as Flush Deckers, Four Pipers, Four-stackers, 1200-ton type