The destroyer USS Cassin (DD 372) of the US Navy.
Technical information
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | 1500 BRT |
| Length | 334 feet |
| Complement | 158 men |
| Armament | 5 5" guns 12 21" torpedo tubes |
| Max speed | 36 knots |
| Engines | Geared-turbines, 4 boilers, 2 shafts |
| Power | 42800 |
| Notes on class | Two of these ships, USS Dunlap and USS Fanning, are sometimes referred to being in the Dunlap class since they were slightly modified Mahan class ships. These ships were among 6 1500-ton destroyer classes meant to modernize the US Navy. US Navy destroyer classes during WWII: |
All ships of the Mahan class
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| USS Case (DD 370) | ||
 | USS Cassin (DD 372) | |
| USS Conyngham (DD 371) | ||
| USS Cummings (DD 365) | ||
| USS Drayton (DD 366) | ||
| USS Dunlap (DD 384) | ||
| USS Fanning (DD 385) | ||
| USS Flusser (DD 368) | ||
| USS Shaw (DD 373) | ||
| USS Smith (DD 378) | ||
| USS Cushing (DD 376) | Lost on 13 Nov 1942 | |
| USS Downes (DD 375) | ||
| USS Lamson (DD 367) | ||
| USS Mahan (DD 364) | Lost on 7 Dec 1944 | |
| USS Perkins (DD 377) | Lost on 29 Nov 1943 | |
| USS Preston (i) (DD 379) | Lost on 15 Nov 1942 | |
| USS Reid (DD 369) | Lost on 11 Dec 1944 | |
| USS Tucker (DD 374) | Lost on 4 Aug 1942 | |
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US Navy (more on See all Destroyer classes.
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