Destroyers OnLine - The Farragut (DD) Class

The Farragut ( DD ) Class

The Farragut class opened a new design phase for american destroyers. The four-stacker type was replaced with a decidedly more modern approach.

Three of the eight ships in the class were lost in World War Two; the Worden grounded at Amchitka, and Hull and Managhan were lost to a typhoon.

Displacement: 1,395 tons - Farragut - (2,335 tons full load) 1,345 Dewey 1,375 Aylwin 1,410 Worden (Class standard) Length: 341 feet 3 inches Beam: 34 feet 3 inches Draught: 8 feet 10 inches Machinery: Two Bethlehem Yarrow boilers - foreward fireroom Two Babcock and Wilcox boilers - after fireroom two shaft geared turbines Performance: 42,800 shp for 36.5 knots Bunkerage: 400 tons Range: 5,800 nautical miles at 15 knots Guns: five 5 inch; four .5 inch MG Torpedoes: eight 21 inch

Ships by Hull Number
Alphabetical Listing

DD 348 Farragut
DD 349 Dewey
DD 350 Hull
DD 351 Macdonough Information
DD 352 Worden
DD 353 Dale
DD 354 Monaghan
DD 355 Aylwin

Aylwin DD 355
Dale DD 353
Dewey DD 349
Farragut DD 348
Hull DD 350
MacDonough DD 351 Information
Monaghan DD 354
Worden DD 352

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