Destroyers

Sims class

12 ships

The Sims class destroyer USS Buck. She was lost on 9 Oct 1943.

Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1720 BRT
Length	347 feet
Complement	251 men
Armament	5 5" guns 12 21" torpedo tubes
Max speed	37 knots
Notes on class	This was the last class of destroyers completed for the US Navy prior to WWII. These ships were longer than their predecessors and led the way for the wartime production of larger, faster and more powerful destroyer classes. Of the 12 ships 5 were lost during the war - none being in service after 1946. US Navy destroyer classes during WWII: Sampson - Caldwell - Wickes - Clemson - Farragut - Porter - Mahan - Gridley - Bagley - Somers - Benham - Sims - Benson / Gleaves - Fletcher - Allen M. Sumner - Gearing

All ships of the Sims class:

US Navy (more on US Navy)

USS Anderson (DD 411)
USS Hughes (DD 410)
USS Morris (DD 417)
USS Mustin (DD 413)
USS Roe (DD 418)
USS Russell (DD 414)
USS Buck (DD 420) (lost 9 Oct 1943)
USS Hammann (i) (DD 412) (lost 6 Jun 1942)
USS O'Brien (i) (DD 415) (lost 19 Oct 1942)
USS Sims (i) (DD 409) (lost 7 May 1942)
USS Wainwright (DD 419)
USS Walke (i) (DD 416) (lost 15 Nov 1942)

5 destroyers of the Sims class lost.

Sims class ships hit by U-boats (1)
9 Oct 1943	USS Buck	Sunk	U-616