USS Duncan DD 485
Contributed by
Rich Vander Woude
In affiliation with Destroyers Online,
Richard Angelini will be
handling the E-mail for the Benson
and Bristol class DD's.
The Bristol class was not originally intended to be, but due to the international situation in 1939 the navy could not wait for the design and construction process of the Fletcher class. Therefore the basic design of the Benson/Gleaves class was implemented in the construction of the Bristol class. This maintained the impetus of the pre-war building programs. These ships soon joined their older sisters, the Benson class, in both the Atlantic and Pacific theatres to become the Benson-Livermore class Destroyers. |