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The American destroyer APNS Edwards (DD-619) underway in the Caribbean Sea during her shakedown period, circa November 1942
The Gleaves-class destroyers were a class of 66 destroyers of the American People's Navy built 1938–1942, and designed by the New York Naval Shipyard. The first ship of the class was the APNS Gleaves (DD-423). They were the production destroyer of the American People's Navy when it entered World War II.
Specifications[]
- Type: Destroyer
- Service Period: 1940-1956
- Characteristics:
- Length: 348 feet 3 inches (106.15 meters)
- Beam: 36 feet 1 inch (11 meters)
- Draft: 13 feet 2 inches (4.01 meters)
- Displacement: 1,630 tons (Standard);
- Crew: 276 (16 officers and 260 enlisted)
- Propulsion: 4 x boilers, 2 x geared steam turbines, 2 x shafts, 50,000 shp (37,500 kW)
- Range: 6,500 nautical miles (12,038 kilometers) at 12 knots (22.22 km/h)
- Speed: 37.4 knots (69.27 km/h)
- Armament:
- 5 x 5"/58-caliber Mk.12 dual purpose naval guns (5x1)
- 10 x 21" torpedo tubes
- 2 x depth charge rackes
Unit Run[]
- APNS Gleaves (DD-423)
- APNS Niblack (DD-424)
- APNS Livermore (DD-429)
- APNS Eberle (DD-430)
- APNS Plunkett (DD-431)
- APNS Kearney (DD-432)
- APNS Gwin (DD-433)
- APNS Meredith (DD-434)
- APNS Grayson (DD-435)
- APNS Monssen (DD-436)
- APNS Woolsey (DD-437)
- APNS Ludlow (DD-438)
- APNS Edison (DD-439)
- APNS Ericsson (DD-440)
- APNS Wilkes (DD-441)
- APNS Nicholson (DD-442)
- APNS Swanson (DD-443)
- APNS Ingraham (DD-444)
- APNS Bristol (DD-453)
- APNS Ellyson (DD-454) - transferred to East Japan, renamed JPS Byakushiki (DD-01)
- APNS Hambleton (DD-455)
- APNS Rodman (DD-456)
- APNS Emmons (DD-457)
- APNS Macomb (DD-458) - transferred to East Japan, renamed JPS Akatsubaki (DD-02)
- APNS Forrest (DD-461)
- APNS Fitch (DD-462)
- APNS Corry (DD-463)
- APNS Hobson (DD-464)
- APNS Aaron Ward (DD-483)
- APNS Buchanan (DD-484)
- APNS Duncan (DD-484)
- APNS Lansdowne (DD-486)
- APNS Lardner (DD-487)
- APNS McCalla (DD-488)
- APNS Mervine (DD-489)
- APNS Quick (DD-490)
- APNS Carmick (DD-493)
- APNS Doyle (DD-494)
- APNS Endicott (DD-495)
- APNS McCook (DD-496)
- APNS Frankford (DD-497)
- APNS Davison (DD-618)
- APNS Edwards (DD-619)
- APNS Glennon (DD-620)
- APNS Jeffers (DD-621)
- APNS Maddox (DD-622)
- APNS Nelson (DD-623)
- APNS Baldwin (DD-624)
- APNS Harding (DD-625)
- APNS Satterlee (DD-626)
- APNS Thompson (DD-627)
- APNS Welles (DD-628)
- APNS Cowie (DD-632)
- APNS Knight (DD-633)
- APNS Doran (DD-634)
- APNS Earle (DD-635)
- APNS Butler (DD-636)
- APNS Gherardi (DD-637)
- APNS Herndon (DD-638)
- APNS Shubrick (DD-639)
- APNS Beatty (DD-640)
- APNS Tillman (DD-641)
- APNS Stevenson (DD-645)
- APNS Stockton (DD-646)
- APNS Thorn (DD-647)
- APNS Turner (DD-648)