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Torpedo tubes ▲ USS PARKER YERS AND
Commissioned 1942 Origin US
Displacement 2,395 tons
Two 3.9in Length 348 ⁄3ft (106.2m) ESCOR
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dual-purpose guns Top speed 35 knots
The USS Parker was one of the later units TS
of the Benson/Gleaves-class destroyers, which
were the last that were designed for the US
Navy before World War II. In the Parker, the
weapons fit was reduced from five to four
5in guns in single turrets, and the space
was given over to light anti-aircraft guns.
▲ SUZUTSUKI Suzutsuki was one of the 12 Akitsukis that were Twin balanced
Commissioned 1942 Origin Japan originally designed as fast anti-aircraft escorts rudders
for carrier battle groups, and were modified
Displacment 3,700 tons to add torpedo tubes and depth-charge Two 40mm
Length 440 ⁄4ft (134.2m) launchers. This multi-role ship survived anti-aircraft guns
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Top speed 33 knots the war along with five other Akitsukis.
5in gun in turret

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▲ USS HAZELWOOD
Two 4in quick-firing
guns on high-angle mount Commissioned 1943 Origin US
Displacement 2,925 tons
Length 376 ⁄2ft (114.7m)
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Top speed 38 knots
The Fletcher-class destroyers were the first
that the US Navy built without regard to the
limits of the Naval Treaties, the design being
drawn up in 1939. In all, 175 were built
till 1944 in yards all across the US. Many,
including USS Hazelwood, were reactivated
from reserve during the Korean War.

▼ HMS AGINCOURT HMS Agincourt was the first of the second
Commissioned 1947 Origin UK group of Battle-class destroyers built for
the British Royal Navy for operations in the
Displacement 3,420 tons Pacific. These had an extra dual-purpose 4.5in
Length 379ft (115.5m) gun, because the earlier ships proved to be
Three 40mm
anti-aircraft guns Top speed 35.5 knots under-armed. None of the second group
was completed before the war’s end.
Two 4.5in quick-firing
guns in turret

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