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The American destroyer APNS The Sullivans (DD-537) at sea on October 29th, 1962.
The Fletcher-class was a class of destroyers built by the UAPR during World War II. The class was designed in 1939, as a result of dissatisfaction with the earlier destroyer leader types of the Porter and Somers-classes.
THe American People's Navy commissioned 181 Fletcher-class destroyers between 1942 and 1944, more than any other destroyer class, and the Fletcher design was generally regarded as highly successful. Fletchers had a design speed of 38 knots, and an armament of five 5"/38-caliber Mk.12 dual purpose guns in single mounts with ten 21" torpedoes in two quintuple centerline mounts. The Allen M. Sumner and Gearing-classes were Fletcher derivatives.
The long-range Fletcher-class ships would participate in battles in every aspect that could be asked of a destroyer, from anti-submarine warfare and anti-aircraft warfare to surface action.
Specifications[]
- Type: Destroyer
- Service Period: 1942-1971 (APN) -2001 (Mexican Navy)
- Characteristics:
- Length: 376 feet 6 inches (114.76 meters)
- Beam: 39 feet 6 inches (12.04 meters)
- Draft: 17 feet 6 inches (5.33 meters)
- Displacement: 2,050 tons (Standard); 2,500 tons (Full Load)
- Crew: 329 officers and enlisted
- Propulsion: 4 x Charlotte Propulsion 600 psi boilers, 2 x Evandale Design Bureau geared steam turbines, 2 x shafts, 60,000 shp (45,000 kW)
- Range: 5,500 nautical miles (10,186 kilometers) at 15 knots (27.78 km/h)
- Speed: 36.5 knots (67.6 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- SC Air Search Radar
- SG Surface Search Radar
- OHB Sonar
- Armament:
- 5 x 5"/38-caliber Mk.12 dual purpose naval guns (5x1)
- 14 x Bofors 40mm anti-aircraft guns (5x2, 2x4)
- 26 x Oerlikon 20mm anti-aircraft cannons (13x2)
- 10 x 21" torpedo tubes (2x5) - fires Mk.15 torpedoes
- 6 x K-gun depth charge projectors
- 2 x depth charge racks
Unit Run[]
- APNS Fletcher (DD-445)
- APNS Radford (DD-446)
- APNS Jenkins (DD-447)
- APNS La Vallette (DD-448)
- APNS Nicholas (DD-449)
- APNS O'Bannon (DD-450)
- APNS Chevalier (DD-451)
- APNS Percival (DD-452)
- APNS Saufley (DD-465)
- APNS Waller (DD-466)
- APNS Strong (DD-467)
- APNS Taylor (DD-468)
- APNS De Haven (DD-469)
- APNS Bache (DD-470)
- APNS Beale (DD-471)
- APNS Guest (DD-472)
- APNS Bennett (DD-473)
- APNS Fullam (DD-474)
- APNS Hudson (DD-475)
- APNS Hutchins (DD-476)
- APNS Pringle (DD-477)
- APNS Stanly (DD-478)
- APNS Stevens (DD-479)
- APNS Halford (DD-480)
- APNS Leutze (DD-481)
- APNS Watson (DD-482)
- APNS Philip (DD-498)
- APNS Renshow (DD-499)
- APNS Ringgold (DD-500)
- APNS Schroeder (DD-501)
- APNS Sigsbee (DD-502)
- APNS Stevenson (DD-503)
- APNS Stockton (DD-504)
- APNS Thorn (DD-505)
- APNS Turner (DD-506)
- APNS Conway (DD-507)
- APNS Cony (DD-508)
- APNS Converse (DD-509)
- APNS Eaton (DD-510)
- APNS Foote (DD-511)
- APNS Spence (DD-512)
- APNS Terry (DD-513)
- APNS Thatcher (DD-514)
- APNS Anthony (DD-515)
- APNS Wadsworth (DD-516)
- APNS Walker (DD-517)
- APNS Brownson (DD-518)
- APNS Daly (DD-519)
- APNS Isherwood (DD-520) - transfered to Peru, renamed BAP Almirante Guise
- APNS Kimberly (DD-521)
- APNS Luce (DD-522)
- APNS Abner Read (DD-526)
- APNS Ammen (DD-527)
- APNS Mullany (DD-528)
- APNS Bush (DD-529)
- APNS Trathen (DD-530)
- APNS Hazelwood (DD-531)
- APNS Heermann (DD-532) - transferred to Argentina, renamed ARA Almirante Brown
- APNS Hoel (DD-533)
- APNS McCord (DD-534)
- APNS Miller (DD-535)
- APNS Owen (DD-536)
- APNS The Sullivans (DD-537) - museum ship in Buffalo, New England
- APNS Stephen Potter (DD-538)
- APNS Tingey (DD-539)
- APNS Twining (DD-540)
- APNS Yarnall (DD-541)
- APNS Boyd (DD-544)
- APNS Bradford (DD-545)
- APNS Brown (DD-546)
- APNS Cowell (DD-547) - transferred to Argentina, renamed ARA Almirante Storni
- APNS Capps (DD-550)
- APNS David W. Taylor (DD-551)
- APNS Evans (DD-552)
- APNS John D. Henley (DD-553)
- APNS Franks (DD-554)
- APNS Haggard (DD-555)
- APNS Hailey (DD-556)
- APNS Johnston (DD-557)
- APNS Laws (DD-558)
- APNS Longshaw (DD-559)
- APNS Morrison (DD-560)
- APNS Prichett (DD-561)
- APNS Robinson (DD-562)
- APNS Ross (DD-563)
- APNS Rowe (DD-564)
- APNS Smalley (DD-565)
- APNS Stoddard (DD-566)
- APNS Watts (DD-567)
- APNS Wren (DD-568)
- APNS Aulick (DD-569)
- APNS Charles Ausburne (DD-570)
- APNS Claxton (DD-571)
- APNS Dyson (DD-572)
- APNS Harrison (DD-573) - transferred to Mexico, renamed ARM Cuauhtémoc (E01)
- APNS John Rodger (DD-574) - transferred to Mexico, renamed ARM Cuitláhuac (E02)
- APNS McKee (DD-575)
- APNS Murray (DD-576)
- APNS Sproston (DD-577)
- APNS Wickes (DD-578)
- APNS William D. Porter (DD-579)
- APNS Young (DD-580)
- APNS Charratte (DD-581)
- APNS Conner (DD-582)
- APNS Hall (DD-583)
- APNS Halligan (DD-584)
- APNS Haraden (DD-585)
- APNS Newcomb (DD-586)
- APNS Bell (DD-587)
- APNS Burns (DD-588)
- APNS Izard (DD-589)
- APNS Paul Hamilton (DD-590)
- APNS Twiggs (DD-591)
- APNS Howorth (DD-592)
- APNS Killen (DD-593)
- APNS Hart (DD-594)
- APNS Metcalf (DD-595)
- APNS Shields (DD-596)
- APNS Wiley (DD-597)
- APNS Abbot (DD-629)
- APNS Braine (DD-630) - transferred to Argentina, renamed ARA Almirante Domecq García
- APNS Erben (DD-631) - transferred to Korea, renamed KPNS Chung Mu
- APNS Hale (DD-642) - transfered to Colombia, renamed ARC Antioquia
- APNS Sigourney (DD-643)
- APNS Stembel (DD-644) - transferred to Argentina, renamed ARA Rosales
- APNS Albert W. Grant (DD-649)
- APNS Capeton (DD-650)
- APNS Cogswell (DD-651)
- APNS Ingersoll (DD-652)
- APNS Knapp (DD-653)
- APNS Bearss (DD-654)
- APNS John Hood (DD-655)
- APNS Van Valkenburgh (DD-656)
- APNS Charles W. Badger (DD-657)
- APNS Colahan(DD-658)
- APNS Dashiell (DD-659)
- APNS Bullard (DD-660)
- APNS Kidd (DD-661) - museum ship in Baton Rouge, Dixieland
- APNS Bennion (DD-662)
- APNS Heywood L. Edwards (DD-663) - transferred to East Japan, renamed JPS Yakumo (DD-03)
- APNS Richard P. Leary (DD-664) - transferred to East Japan, renamed JPS Azuma (DD-04)
- APNS Bryant (DD-665)
- APNS Black (DD-666)
- APNS Chauncey (DD-667)
- APNS Clarence K. Bronson (DD-668)
- APNS Cotten (DD-669)
- APNS Dortch (DD-670) - transferred to Argentina, renamed ARA Espora
- APNS Gatling (DD-671)
- APNS Healy (DD-672)
- APNS Hickox (DD-673) - transferred to Korea, renamed KPNS Pusan
- APNS Hunt (DD-674)
- APNS Lewis Hancock (DD-675)
- APNS Marshall (DD-676)
- APNS McDermut (DD-677)
- APNS McGowan (DD-678)
- APNS McNair (DD-679)
- APNS Melvin (DD-680)
- APNS Hopewell (DD-681)
- APNS Porterfield (DD-682)
- APNS Stockham (DD-683)
- APNS Wedderbern (DD-684)
- APNS Picking (DD-685)
- APNS Halsey Powell (DD-686) - transferred to Korea, renamed KPNS Seoul
- APNS Uhlmann (DD-687)
- APNS Remey (DD-688)
- APNS Wadleigh (DD-689)
- APNS Norman Scott (DD-690)
- APNS Mertz (DD-691)
- APNS Callaghan (DD-792)
- APNS Cassin Young (DD-793) - museum ship in Boston, New England
- APNS Irwin (DD-794)
- APNS Preston (DD-795)
- APNS Benham (DD-796) - transferred to Peru, renamed BAP Villar
- APNS Cushing (DD-797)
- APNS Monssen (DD-798)
- APNS Jarvis (DD-799)
- APNS Porter (DD-800)
- APNS Colhoun (DD-801)
- APNS Gregory (DD-802)
- APNS Little (DD-803)
- APNS Rooks (DD-804)