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margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Fore_River_Shipyard" title="Fore River Shipyard">Bethlehem Fore River</a>, MA</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Union_Iron_Works" title="Union Iron Works">Bethlehem San Francisco</a>, CA</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Operators</td><td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%281912-1959%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Preceded by</td><td><a href="/wiki/Mahan-class_destroyer" title="Mahan-class destroyer"><i>Mahan</i> class</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Succeeded by</td><td><a href="/wiki/Bagley-class_destroyer" title="Bagley-class destroyer"><i>Bagley</i> class</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Built</td><td>1935–1938</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">In commission</td><td>1937–1946</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Completed</td><td>4</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Retired</td><td>4</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">Destroyer</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">1590 tons standard,</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2219 tons full load</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>340 ft 10 in (103.89 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>35 ft 10 in (10.92 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>12 ft 9 in (3.89 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Installed power</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 <a href="/wiki/Yarrow_boiler" title="Yarrow boiler">Yarrow boilers</a>,</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem_Steel" title="Bethlehem Steel">Bethlehem</a> Parsons-type <a href="/wiki/Gear" title="Gear">geared</a> <a href="/wiki/Steam_turbine" title="Steam turbine">steam turbines</a>,</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">47,000 shp (35,000 kW)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td>2 shafts</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>38.5 knots (71.3 km/h; 44.3 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>5,520 nautical miles (10,220 km; 6,350 mi) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">8 officers, 150 enlisted (peacetime)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">250 (wartime)</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Sensors and <br /> processing systems</td><td><a href="/wiki/Ship_gun_fire-control_system#Mark_33_GFCS" title="Ship gun fire-control system">Mk33 GFCS</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><b>As built:</b></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × <a href="/wiki/5%22/38_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="5"/38 caliber gun">5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × <a href="/wiki/M2_Browning_machine_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="M2 Browning machine gun">.50 caliber machine guns</a> (12.7 mm)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">16 × <a href="/wiki/American_21_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="American 21 inch torpedo">21 inch (533 mm)</a> <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tubes" class="mw-redirect" title="Torpedo tubes">torpedo tubes</a> (4 × 4)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">Depth charge</a> racks</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;"><b>Circa 1943:</b></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × <a href="/wiki/5%22/38_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="5"/38 caliber gun">5 inch (127 mm)/38 caliber guns</a></li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">7 × <a href="/wiki/20_mm_Oerlikon" class="mw-redirect" title="20 mm Oerlikon">20 mm Oerlikon</a> cannon (0.8 in)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">16 × 21 inch (533 mm) <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tubes" class="mw-redirect" title="Torpedo tubes">torpedo tubes</a> (4 × 4)</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">4 × <a href="/wiki/K-gun" class="mw-redirect" title="K-gun">K-gun</a> depth charge throwers</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 × <a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">Depth charge</a> racks</li> </ul></td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>The <b><i>Gridley</i>-class</b> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyers</a>, named for <a href="/wiki/Charles_Vernon_Gridley" title="Charles Vernon Gridley">Charles Vernon Gridley</a>, were a class of four 1500-ton destroyers in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a>. They were part of a series of USN destroyers limited to 1,500 tons <a href="/wiki/Standard_displacement" class="mw-redirect" title="Standard displacement">standard displacement</a> by the <a href="/wiki/London_Naval_Treaty" title="London Naval Treaty">London Naval Treaty</a> and built in the 1930s.<sup id="cite_ref-Comparison_of_1500-ton_classes_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Comparison_of_1500-ton_classes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The first two ships were laid down on 3 June 1935 and commissioned in 1937. The second two were laid down in March 1936 and commissioned in 1938. Based on the preceding <a href="/wiki/Mahan_class_destroyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Mahan class destroyer"><i>Mahan</i>-class</a> destroyers with somewhat different machinery, they had the same hull but had only a single stack and mounted sixteen 21 inch (533 mm) <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a>, an increase of four. To compensate for the increased torpedo armament weight, the gun armament was slightly reduced from five <a href="/wiki/5%22/38_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="5"/38 caliber gun">5"/38 caliber guns</a> (127 mm) to four.<sup id="cite_ref-Friedman90-91_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Friedman90-91-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/USS_Maury_(DD-401)" title="USS Maury (DD-401)">USS <i>Maury</i> (DD-401)</a> made the highest trial speed ever recorded for a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> destroyer, 42.8 knots.<sup id="cite_ref-Gridley-class_destroyers_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gridley-class_destroyers-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> All four ships served extensively in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, notably in the <a href="/wiki/Solomon_Islands" title="Solomon Islands">Solomon Islands</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea" title="Battle of the Philippine Sea">Battle of the Philippine Sea</a>, with <i>Maury</i> receiving a <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(United_States)" title="Presidential Unit Citation (United States)">Presidential Unit Citation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-destroyerhistory.org_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-destroyerhistory.org-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Design">Design</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gridley-class_destroyer&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Design"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The four <i>Gridley</i>s were part of a series of three classes with similar characteristics laid down 1935-1937. The other two were the <a href="/wiki/Bagley-class_destroyer" title="Bagley-class destroyer"><i>Bagley</i> class</a> (8 ships) and the <a href="/wiki/Benham-class_destroyer" title="Benham-class destroyer"><i>Benham</i> class</a> (10 ships). All three featured four 5 inch (127 mm) guns and sixteen 21 inch (533 mm) <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tubes" class="mw-redirect" title="Torpedo tubes">torpedo tubes</a> in four quadruple mounts as built, the largest number of torpedo tubes on any US destroyers.<sup id="cite_ref-Friedman90-91_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Friedman90-91-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although all had only one stack, they differed primarily in their machinery. The <i>Gridley</i>s were designed by <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem_Shipbuilding_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company">Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company</a> with advanced high-pressure boilers (also built by Bethlehem) but turbines generally similar to the earlier <a href="/wiki/Farragut-class_destroyer_(1934)" title="Farragut-class destroyer (1934)"><i>Farragut</i> class</a>, which limited their range. The <i>Bagley</i>s were a Navy design that duplicated the machinery of the preceding long-range <i>Mahan</i> class. The <i>Benham</i>s were a <a href="/wiki/Gibbs_%26_Cox" title="Gibbs & Cox">Gibbs & Cox</a> design with another new boiler design that allowed a reduction from four boilers to three, with an efficient turbine arrangement resembling the <i>Mahan</i>s'.<sup id="cite_ref-Comparison_of_1500-ton_classes_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Comparison_of_1500-ton_classes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Friedman90-91_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Friedman90-91-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Engineering">Engineering</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gridley-class_destroyer&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Engineering"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Gridley</i>s' <a href="/wiki/Boiler" title="Boiler">boilers</a> were a significant upgrade from the <i>Mahan</i> class, with steam pressure increased from 465 psi (3,210 kPa) to 565 psi (3,900 kPa), <a href="/wiki/Superheated_steam" title="Superheated steam">superheated</a> in both cases to 700 °F (371 °C).<sup id="cite_ref-Comparison_of_1500-ton_classes_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Comparison_of_1500-ton_classes-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The increased steam pressure contributed to fuel economy. The boilers were <a href="/wiki/Yarrow_boiler" title="Yarrow boiler">Yarrow-type boilers</a> built by <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem_Steel" title="Bethlehem Steel">Bethlehem Steel</a>. However, the turbines were generally similar to the <i>Farragut</i> class, and thus were less efficient than those in the <i>Mahan</i> class. They were Parsons-type <a href="/wiki/Steam_turbine#Reaction_turbines" title="Steam turbine">reaction turbines</a> built by <a href="/wiki/Bethlehem_Steel" title="Bethlehem Steel">Bethlehem Steel</a>, with single-reduction <a href="/wiki/Gear" title="Gear">gearing</a> and no cruising turbines.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The result was a reduced range of 5,520 nautical miles (10,220 km; 6,350 mi) compared to 6,940 nautical miles (12,850 km; 7,990 mi) for the <i>Mahan</i>s. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Armament">Armament</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gridley-class_destroyer&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Armament"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Gridley</i>s introduced an armament of four <a href="/wiki/5%22/38_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="5"/38 caliber gun">5 inch (127 mm) dual purpose guns</a> (anti-surface and <a href="/wiki/Anti-aircraft" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-aircraft">anti-aircraft</a> (AA)) in single mounts and sixteen 21 inch (533 mm) <a href="/wiki/Torpedo_tube" title="Torpedo tube">torpedo tubes</a> in quadruple mounts for US destroyers.<sup id="cite_ref-Friedman90-91_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Friedman90-91-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The class was initially equipped with the <a href="/wiki/Mark_11_torpedo" title="Mark 11 torpedo">Mark 11 torpedo</a> or <a href="/wiki/Mark_12_torpedo" title="Mark 12 torpedo">Mark 12 torpedo</a>, which were replaced by the <a href="/wiki/Mark_15_torpedo" title="Mark 15 torpedo">Mark 15 torpedo</a> beginning in 1938.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their near-sisters the <i>Bagley</i>s and <i>Benham</i>s duplicated this armament, the heaviest in <a href="/wiki/Torpedo" title="Torpedo">torpedoes</a> ever on US destroyers. Compared with the <i>Mahan</i>s, they sacrificed one gun for four additional torpedo tubes. It was suggested that these ships could use "curved ahead fire", using the adjustable post-launch gyro angle of their torpedoes to launch a sixteen-torpedo spread ahead of the ship.<sup id="cite_ref-Friedman90-91_3-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Friedman90-91-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One reason for the heavy destroyer torpedo armament was that, alone among the major navies, the last nine of the seventeen US <a href="/wiki/Treaty_cruiser" class="mw-redirect" title="Treaty cruiser">Treaty cruisers</a> built in the 1920s and 1930s lacked torpedoes; eventually all of the US Treaty cruisers' torpedoes were removed in 1941 in favor of additional heavy AA guns.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As with most other US destroyers of this period, the 5 inch guns featured all-angle power loading and were <a href="/wiki/Director_(military)" title="Director (military)">director controlled</a>, making them as effective as the technology allowed against aircraft. By late 1942, radio <a href="/wiki/Proximity_fuse" class="mw-redirect" title="Proximity fuse">proximity fuses</a> (VT fuses) made them much more effective. As in the last two <i>Mahan</i>s, the two forward 5 inch guns were in <a href="/wiki/Gunhouse" class="mw-redirect" title="Gunhouse">enclosed mounts</a>, while the after guns were open. However, in common with all US surface combatants in the 1930s, the light AA armament was weak; only four <a href="/wiki/M2_Browning" title="M2 Browning">.50 caliber machine guns</a> (12.7 mm) were equipped. It was apparently felt that the heavy AA armament would shoot down most incoming aircraft in all situations, but the <a href="/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor" title="Attack on Pearl Harbor">attack on Pearl Harbor</a> showed that this was not true.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Gridley</i>s' weak AA armament was partially remedied after Pearl Harbor by replacing the machine guns with seven <a href="/wiki/20_mm_Oerlikon" class="mw-redirect" title="20 mm Oerlikon">20 mm Oerlikon</a> cannon (0.8 in).<sup id="cite_ref-navsource.org_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navsource.org-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i>Gridley</i>s were alone among the 1930s and 1940s destroyers in not receiving any <a href="/wiki/Bofors_40_mm_Automatic_Gun_L/60" class="mw-redirect" title="Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60">40 mm Bofors</a> guns (1.6 in) due to stability concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-Gridley-class_destroyers_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gridley-class_destroyers-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most of these destroyers had some or all torpedo tubes replaced by light AA guns during World War II, but not the <i>Gridley</i>s. </p><p>As with their contemporaries, the <i>Gridley</i>s' <a href="/wiki/Anti-submarine_warfare" title="Anti-submarine warfare">anti-submarine warfare</a> (ASW) armament started with two <a href="/wiki/Depth_charge" title="Depth charge">depth charge</a> racks aft. Photographs show that these were augmented during World War II by four <a href="/wiki/K-gun" class="mw-redirect" title="K-gun">K-gun</a> depth charge throwers.<sup id="cite_ref-navsource.org_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-navsource.org-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service">Service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gridley-class_destroyer&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From their completion through mid-<a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, the four <i>Gridley</i>s formed Destroyer Division 11 of Destroyer Squadron 6. Based at <a href="/wiki/Pearl_Harbor" title="Pearl Harbor">Pearl Harbor</a> in 1941, the squadron was at sea escorting <a href="/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CV-6)" title="USS Enterprise (CV-6)">USS <i>Enterprise</i> (CV-6)</a> on 7 December 1941, then was dispersed among carrier task forces during the <a href="/wiki/Marshalls-Gilberts_raids" class="mw-redirect" title="Marshalls-Gilberts raids">Marshalls-Gilberts raids</a> of early 1942. While <i>Gridley</i> and <i>McCall</i> were sent to the <a href="/wiki/Aleutians" class="mw-redirect" title="Aleutians">Aleutians</a> in June, <i>Maury</i> was at the battles of the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Coral_Sea" title="Battle of the Coral Sea">Coral Sea</a> and <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Midway" title="Battle of Midway">Midway</a>, and then went to <a href="/wiki/Guadalcanal" title="Guadalcanal">Guadalcanal</a>, where she participated in the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tassafaronga" title="Battle of Tassafaronga">Battle of Tassafaronga</a> in November. <i>Craven</i> and <i>McCall</i> escorted convoys to Guadalcanal during this period. The four ships of the class were reunited to screen <a href="/wiki/USS_Saratoga_(CV-3)" title="USS Saratoga (CV-3)">USS <i>Saratoga</i> (CV-3)</a> for the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_New_Georgia" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of New Georgia">New Georgia landings</a> in June 1943; then Maury was at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kolombangara" title="Battle of Kolombangara">Battle of Kolombangara</a> in July, and with <i>Craven</i> for the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Vella_Gulf" title="Battle of Vella Gulf">Battle of Vella Gulf</a> in August. <i>Maury</i> then received a <a href="/wiki/Presidential_Unit_Citation_(United_States)" title="Presidential Unit Citation (United States)">Presidential Unit Citation</a> for the period 1 February 1942 to 6 August 1943.<sup id="cite_ref-destroyerhistory.org_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-destroyerhistory.org-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Gridley</i> and <i>Maury</i> were at the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tarawa" title="Battle of Tarawa">Gilbert Islands/Tarawa invasion</a> in November of that year. All four destroyers operated together in the <a href="/wiki/Marshall_Islands" title="Marshall Islands">Marshalls</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mariana_and_Palau_Islands_campaign" title="Mariana and Palau Islands campaign">Marianas campaigns</a> (including the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea" title="Battle of the Philippine Sea">Battle of the Philippine Sea</a>) through mid-1944, and, less <i>Craven</i> (which went to the Atlantic), continued screening <a href="/wiki/Escort_carrier" title="Escort carrier">escort carriers</a> off the <a href="/wiki/Philippines" title="Philippines">Philippines</a> (including the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf" title="Battle of Leyte Gulf">Battle of Leyte Gulf</a>) and <a href="/wiki/Formosa" class="mw-redirect" title="Formosa">Formosa</a> into 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-Gridley-class_destroyers_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gridley-class_destroyers-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1945, due to their poor suitability for adequate anti-aircraft upgrades, the three ships remaining in the Pacific were withdrawn. <i>Maury</i>, with a crack in her deck that was no longer deemed worth repairing, was decommissioned in October, two months after hostilities ceased. <i>McCall</i> was overhauled at <a href="/wiki/New_York_Navy_Yard" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Navy Yard">New York</a> but then decommissioned in November. <i>Gridley</i> was overhauled in New York in early 1945, and <i>Craven</i> at Pearl Harbor in late 1944. Both operated in the Atlantic and Mediterranean until January 1946, but then returned to Pearl Harbor where they were decommissioned in 1946. In common with nearly all pre-war US destroyers, all were scrapped by the end of 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-Gridley-class_destroyers_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gridley-class_destroyers-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ships_in_class">Ships in class</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gridley-class_destroyer&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Ships in class"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption>Ships of the <i>Gridley</i> destroyer class<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Name </th> <th scope="col">Hull no. </th> <th scope="col" style="max-width: 9em;">Builder </th> <th scope="col" style="max-width: 6em;">Laid down </th> <th scope="col" style="max-width: 6em;">Launched </th> <th scope="col" style="max-width: 6em;">Commissioned </th> <th scope="col" style="max-width: 6em;">Decommissioned </th> <th scope="col">Fate </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/USS_Gridley_(DD-380)" title="USS Gridley (DD-380)"><i>Gridley</i></a> </th> <th scope="row" style="white-space: nowrap;">DD-380 </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bethlehem_Shipbuilding_Corporation" title="Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation">Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fore_River_Shipyard" title="Fore River Shipyard">Fore River Shipyard</a> </td> <td rowspan="2">3 June 1935 </td> <td>1 December 1936 </td> <td>24 June 1937 </td> <td>18 April 1946 </td> <td data-sort-value="1947">Scrapped 1947 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/USS_Craven_(DD-382)" title="USS Craven (DD-382)"><i>Craven</i></a> </th> <th scope="row">DD-382 </th> <td>25 February 1937 </td> <td>2 September 1937 </td> <td>19 April 1946 </td> <td data-sort-value="1947">Scrapped 1947 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/USS_McCall_(DD-400)" title="USS McCall (DD-400)"><i>McCall</i></a> </th> <th scope="row">DD-400 </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bethlehem_Shipbuilding_Corporation" title="Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation">Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Union_Iron_Works" title="Union Iron Works">San Francisco California</a> </td> <td>17 March 1936 </td> <td>20 November 1937 </td> <td>22 June 1938 </td> <td>30 November 1945 </td> <td data-sort-value="1947">Scrapped 1947 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/USS_Maury_(DD-401)" title="USS Maury (DD-401)"><i>Maury</i></a> </th> <th scope="row">DD-401 </th> <td>24 March 1936 </td> <td>14 February 1938 </td> <td>5 August 1938 </td> <td>19 October 1945 </td> <td data-sort-value="1946">Scrapped 1946 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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href="http://destroyerhistory.org/goldplater/1500ton/">Comparison of 1500-ton classes</a> at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://destroyerhistory.org/">Destroyer History Foundation</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090219202357/http://destroyerhistory.org/">Archived</a> 2009-02-19 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Friedman90-91-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Friedman90-91_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Friedman90-91_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Friedman90-91_3-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Friedman90-91_3-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Friedman90-91_3-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Friedman, pp. 90-91</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Gridley-class_destroyers-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Gridley-class_destroyers_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Gridley-class_destroyers_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Gridley-class_destroyers_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Gridley-class_destroyers_4-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://destroyerhistory.org/goldplater/gridleyclass/"><i>Gridley</i>-class destroyers</a> at <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://destroyerhistory.org/">Destroyer History Foundation</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090219202357/http://destroyerhistory.org/">Archived</a> 2009-02-19 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-destroyerhistory.org-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-destroyerhistory.org_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-destroyerhistory.org_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://destroyerhistory.org/goldplater/index.asp?r=40100&pid=40190">USS <i>Maury</i> Presidential Unit Citation</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bauer and Roberts, pp. 186-187</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Friedman, pp. 467-468</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://destroyerhistory.org/assets/pdf/generalinformationbooks/380gridley_GIBook.pdf">USS <i>Gridley</i> (DD-380) and USS <i>Craven</i> (DD-382) 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 July</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Torpedo+History%3A+Torpedo+Mk+11%2C+Mk+12+and+Torpedo+Mk+15&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.history.navy.mil%2Fmuseums%2Fkeyport%2Fhtml%2Fpart2.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGridley-class+destroyer" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Gardiner and Chesneau, pp. 112-116</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Friedman, pp. 203-204</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-navsource.org-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-navsource.org_12-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-navsource.org_12-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/382.htm">USS <i>Craven</i> photo gallery at NavSource.org</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Friedman, pp. 208-209</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-14">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bauer and Roberts, p. 186</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBauerRoberts,_Stephen_S.1991" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/K._Jack_Bauer" title="K. 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carrier">Aircraft carriers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lexington-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Lexington-class aircraft carrier"><i>Lexington</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ranger_(CV-4)" title="USS Ranger (CV-4)"><i>Ranger</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yorktown-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Yorktown-class aircraft carrier"><i>Yorktown</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Wasp_(CV-7)" title="USS Wasp (CV-7)"><i>Wasp</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Essex-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Essex-class aircraft carrier"><i>Essex</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midway-class_aircraft_carrier" title="Midway-class aircraft carrier"><i>Midway</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" 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Dakota</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iowa-class_battleship" title="Iowa-class battleship"><i>Iowa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montana-class_battleship" title="Montana-class battleship"><i>Montana</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Battlecruiser#Large_cruisers" title="Battlecruiser">Large cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alaska-class_cruiser" title="Alaska-class cruiser"><i>Alaska</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Heavy_cruiser" title="Heavy cruiser">Heavy cruisers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" 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cruiser"><i>Juneau</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worcester-class_cruiser" title="Worcester-class cruiser"><i>Worcester</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>C</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CL-154-class_cruiser" title="CL-154-class cruiser">CL-154</a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Gunboat" title="Gunboat">Gunboats</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dubuque-class_gunboat" title="Dubuque-class gunboat"><i>Dubuque</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sacramento_(PG-19)" title="USS Sacramento (PG-19)"><i>Sacramento</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asheville-class_gunboat_(1917)" title="Asheville-class gunboat (1917)"><i>Asheville</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Plymouth_(PG-57)" title="USS Plymouth (PG-57)"><i>Plymouth</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Williamsburg" title="USS Williamsburg"><i>Williamsburg</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_St._Augustine" title="USS St. Augustine"><i>St. Augustine</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Vixen_(PG-53)" title="USS Vixen (PG-53)"><i>Vixen</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Erie-class_gunboat" title="Erie-class gunboat"><i>Erie</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGM-1-class_motor_gunboat" title="PGM-1-class motor gunboat"><i>PGM-1</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PGM-9-class_motor_gunboat" title="PGM-9-class motor gunboat"><i>PGM-9</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">Destroyers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sampson-class_destroyer" title="Sampson-class destroyer"><i>Sampson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caldwell-class_destroyer" title="Caldwell-class destroyer"><i>Caldwell</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wickes-class_destroyer" title="Wickes-class destroyer"><i>Wickes</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clemson-class_destroyer" title="Clemson-class destroyer"><i>Clemson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farragut-class_destroyer_(1934)" title="Farragut-class destroyer (1934)"><i>Farragut</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porter-class_destroyer" title="Porter-class destroyer"><i>Porter</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahan-class_destroyer" title="Mahan-class destroyer"><i>Mahan</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Gridley</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bagley-class_destroyer" title="Bagley-class destroyer"><i>Bagley</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somers-class_destroyer" title="Somers-class destroyer"><i>Somers</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benham-class_destroyer" title="Benham-class destroyer"><i>Benham</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sims-class_destroyer" title="Sims-class destroyer"><i>Sims</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benson-class_destroyer" title="Benson-class destroyer"><i>Benson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevenson-class_destroyer" title="Stevenson-class destroyer"><i>Stevenson</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>X</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gleaves-class_destroyer" title="Gleaves-class destroyer"><i>Gleaves</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fletcher-class_destroyer" title="Fletcher-class destroyer"><i>Fletcher</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allen_M._Sumner-class_destroyer" title="Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer"><i>Allen M. Sumner</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_H._Smith-class_destroyer" title="Robert H. Smith-class destroyer"><i>Robert H. Smith</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gearing-class_destroyer" title="Gearing-class destroyer"><i>Gearing</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Destroyer_escort" title="Destroyer escort">Destroyer escorts</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Evarts-class_destroyer_escort" title="Evarts-class destroyer escort"><i>Evarts</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buckley-class_destroyer_escort" title="Buckley-class destroyer escort"><i>Buckley</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cannon-class_destroyer_escort" title="Cannon-class destroyer escort"><i>Cannon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edsall-class_destroyer_escort" title="Edsall-class destroyer escort"><i>Edsall</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rudderow-class_destroyer_escort" title="Rudderow-class destroyer escort"><i>Rudderow</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Butler-class_destroyer_escort" title="John C. Butler-class destroyer escort"><i>John C. Butler</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Patrol_frigate" class="mw-redirect" title="Patrol frigate">Patrol frigates</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/River-class_frigate" title="River-class frigate">Asheville</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tacoma-class_frigate" title="Tacoma-class frigate"><i>Tacoma</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Patrol_boat" title="Patrol boat">Patrol boats</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Action-class_patrol_boat" class="mw-redirect" title="Action-class patrol boat"><i>Action</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PT_boat" title="PT boat">PT boat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minelayer" title="Minelayer">Minelayers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Oglala" title="USS Oglala"><i>Oglala</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Wassuc_(CMc-3)" title="USS Wassuc (CMc-3)"><i>Wassuc</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Monadnock_(ACM-10)" title="USS Monadnock (ACM-10)"><i>Monadnock</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Miantonomah_(CMc-5)" title="USS Miantonomah (CMc-5)"><i>Miantonomah</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Terror_(CM-5)" title="USS Terror (CM-5)"><i>Terror</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Keokuk_(CMc-6)" title="USS Keokuk (CMc-6)"><i>Keokuk</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Salem_(CM-11)" title="USS Salem (CM-11)"><i>Salem</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Weehawken_(CM-12)" title="USS Weehawken (CM-12)"><i>Weehawken</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camanche-class_minelayer" class="mw-redirect" title="Camanche-class minelayer"><i>Camanche</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chimo-class_minelayer" class="mw-redirect" title="Chimo-class minelayer"><i>Chimo</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Minesweeper" title="Minesweeper">Minesweepers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lapwing-class_minesweeper" title="Lapwing-class minesweeper"><i>Lapwing</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raven-class_minesweeper" title="Raven-class minesweeper"><i>Raven</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Auk-class_minesweeper" title="Auk-class minesweeper"><i>Auk</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Captor" title="USS Captor"><i>Eagle</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawk-class_minesweeper" title="Hawk-class minesweeper"><i>Hawk</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admirable-class_minesweeper" title="Admirable-class minesweeper"><i>Admirable</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">Submarines</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_O-class_submarine" title="United States O-class submarine">O</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_R-class_submarine" title="United States R-class submarine">R</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_S-class_submarine" title="United States S-class submarine">S</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/V-boat#V-1_through_V-3—the_Barracudas" title="V-boat">Barracuda</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Argonaut_(SM-1)" title="USS Argonaut (SM-1)"><i>Argonaut</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/V-boat#V-5_and_V-6—Narwhal_and_Nautilus" title="V-boat">Narwhal</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Dolphin_(SS-169)" title="USS Dolphin (SS-169)"><i>Dolphin</i></a><span style="padding-left:0.12em;"><sup>S</sup></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cachalot-class_submarine" title="Cachalot-class submarine"><i>Cachalot</i></a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/United_States_Porpoise-class_submarine" title="United States Porpoise-class submarine">Porpoise</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salmon-class_submarine" title="Salmon-class submarine"><i>Salmon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sargo-class_submarine" title="Sargo-class submarine"><i>Sargo</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tambor-class_submarine" title="Tambor-class submarine"><i>Tambor</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mackerel-class_submarine" title="Mackerel-class submarine"><i>Mackerel</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gato-class_submarine" title="Gato-class submarine"><i>Gato</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balao-class_submarine" title="Balao-class submarine"><i>Balao</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tench-class_submarine" title="Tench-class submarine"><i>Tench</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><a 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