Gridley-class destroyer

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destroyer class warship class

The Gridley-class destroyer was a group of U.S. Navy warships built in the late 1930s, notable for their heavy torpedo armament and service during World War II in the Pacific.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Bagley-class destroyers of the United States Navy 2
Bagley-class destroyer 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf destroyer class ⓘ
warship class ⓘ
alignment Allies of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
builtInDecade 1930s ⓘ
category Destroyer classes of the United States Navy ⓘ
World War II destroyers of the United States ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
constructionPeriod late 1930s ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
crewType allied naval personnel ⓘ
designedFor Pacific operations ⓘ
designPurpose high-speed fleet screening ⓘ
offensive torpedo attacks ⓘ
displacementClass 1,500-ton destroyer ⓘ
era World War II naval warfare ⓘ
interwar naval construction ⓘ
gunArmamentType 5-inch guns ⓘ
gunCaliber 5-inch/38 caliber dual-purpose guns ⓘ
hullType steel hull ⓘ
leadShip USS Gridley (DD-380) NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Charles Vernon Gridley NERFINISHED ⓘ
navalDoctrineRole torpedo attack ship ⓘ
navalTreatyContext London Naval Treaty era ⓘ
notableFor heavy torpedo armament ⓘ
numberOfShipsBuilt 4 ⓘ
operator United States Navy ⓘ
precededBy Mahan-class destroyer NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryArmamentType torpedoes ⓘ
propulsionType steam turbines ⓘ
sawActionIn Central Pacific campaigns NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philippines campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
Solomon Islands campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ
serviceBranch U.S. Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ
ship USS Craven (DD-382) NERFINISHED ⓘ
USS Gridley (DD-380) NERFINISHED ⓘ
USS Maury (DD-401) NERFINISHED ⓘ
USS McCall (DD-400) NERFINISHED ⓘ
succeededBy Bagley-class destroyer NERFINISHED ⓘ
theaterOfOperations Pacific Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ
torpedoTubeConfiguration four quadruple torpedo tube mounts ⓘ
torpedoTubesTotal 16 ⓘ
typicalSpeedClass high-speed destroyer GENERATED ⓘ
usedIn anti-submarine warfare ⓘ
carrier task force escort ⓘ
convoy escort ⓘ
shore bombardment ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bagley class → followedBy → Gridley-class destroyer ⓘ
subject surface form: Bagley-class destroyer
Miss Elizabeth H. Russell → shipClass → Gridley-class destroyer ⓘ
subject surface form: USS Russell (DD-414)
this entity surface form: Bagley-class destroyer
USS Bagley (DD-386) → category → Gridley-class destroyer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bagley-class destroyers of the United States Navy
USS Henley (DD-391) → category → Gridley-class destroyer ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bagley-class destroyers of the United States Navy