Re: Monetary costs of German weapons

thornley@xxxxxxxx (David Thornley) wrote:

Did you say 1930? At that time, the flush-deckers were what the USN had
for destroyers. The USN didn't get modern destroyers until the mid-30s.

The USN began discarding flush-deckers in
1930. Some were converted to auxiliaries
or other non-combat use; others were sold
for mercantile use or scrapped. Many went
to the Coast Guard or became destroyer-
minelayers, destroyer-minesweepers, or fast
transports. Several were sunk as targets in
1937.

Counting only vessels scrapped, sold, or
permanently removed from combat, the
discards were as follows:

1930 8
1931 43
1932 9
1933 0
1934 1
1935 2
1936 16
1937 5
1938 1
1939 6
1940 0

BTW, the flush-deckers were DDs 69-347, with
the higher numbers built later, though not
in strict order. 276 to 335 were nearly all
scrapped in the first wave.

The USN's new destroyers began arriving in
1934 (launched).

1934 6 FARRAGUT
1935 2 FARRAGUT, 4 PORTER, 9 MAHAN
1936 4 PORTER, 7 MAHAN, 2 modified MAHAN, 4 GRIDLEY
1937 6 GRIDLEY, 1 BENHAM, 3 SOMERS
1938 10 BENHAM, 2 SOMERS, 3 SIMS
1939 9 SIMS, 5 BENSON

Note that 60 flush-deckers were discarded in
1930-32 with no replacements; and that while
77 new DDs were added in 1934-1940, only 30
flush-deckers were discarded (none in 1940).
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