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Do we know how many DCs Fletchers routinely carried? Trekphiler 01:33, 13 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I remember owning a plastic model of a Fletcher where I was able to remove one of the 5-inch turrets and replace it with what looked like of those rectangular Hedgehog launchers. Was this ever an actual modification to the ships? Masterblooregard (talk) 03:27, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Without looking at my sources, can't say for certain, but IIRC, it was a late war/postwar mod, replacing B turret. Trekphiler (talk) 10:40, 8 February, & 14:53, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Boiler room tactics[edit]

Is the layout diag correct? I'd expect boiler rooms to be located beneath the stacks, not enlisted quarters. Trekphiler (talk) 14:54, 30 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Heh, good eye. Here's a cutaway of a Fletcher-class on an outside site [1]. Not sure what the source is, but it certainly appears to contradict the location of the enlisted quarters on that diagram. I'd imagine it's probably a typo on the diagram; it looks like the Fletchers featured alternating boiler and engine rooms, so that first huge EQ should read ER, and the second should read BR. TomTheHand (talk) 23:07, 31 March 2008 (UTC)[reply]

IIRC, you're right about the sep ER/BR. I'd wonder at the source of the mislabled diag, too; pretty obviously, that's the source of the error. My hope was somebody had a correct 1. Trekphiler (talk) 15:35, 1 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

About the same diagram: Is the 40mm between the stacks correct? I always thought it was another quintuple torpedo launcher, and that's what's supported by the DD-581 diagram above it, the specs, and a model I have. 72.219.233.42 (talk) 21:17, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Yeah, that's wrong too. All the pix I've got in Lenton support the 5xTT. TREKphiler ^{hit me ♠} 22:30, 19 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

{{underconstruction}}[edit]

Counting from 1st keel laying to last commissioning strikes me as peculiar. Keel laying to keel laying, or last commissioning to commissioning, yes; let's not mix the 2, esp since the last batches of ships would've completed & commissioned postwar & so been slow to be delivered. TREKphiler ^{hit me ♠} 23:04, 8 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

List of Ships in Class[edit]

Is such a list omitted on purpose, or has it just not been gotten round to yet? Seems every other article on a class lists the ships and hull nos.Jmac1962 (talk) 16:34, 14 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Flletcher Class Destroyer-Complement[edit]

The article lists a complement of 325 officers and men. My question is what were there duties? What ranks and rates and how many of each? Was the captain a Commander or a Lieutanant? How many Quartermasters, Boatswains Mates,Signalmen,Machinists Mates,Yeoman,2nd Class Sailors?

Question about grammar[edit]

A quote from the "Description" section says this: "Any remaining were broken up in the 1970s. The last Fletcher in service, BAM Cuitlahuac (ex-John Rodgers), left the Mexican navy in 2001, meaning the total service life of the Fletchers stretched *over almost* six decades and into the 21st century." They were commissioned between 1942 and 1944, and the last one was decommissioned in 2001. Wouldn't that mean that the quote should be "almost over six decades?" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.147.32.66 (talk) 23:20, 14 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

No. It could as well say "over nearly", "over close to", "over just about".... TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 06:06, 16 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Image[edit]

Exactly where did the drawing come from? I have a revised edition of Friedman's book An Illustrated History of US Destroyers and it this appears to be a lift of the former version which would be a copy-write violation. I'm removing it until/unless proof is provided.Tirronan (talk) 15:50, 9 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Range in Miles ?[edit]

Hi, in the infobox there is the information:

5,500 miles at 15 knots (8,850 km at 28 km/h)

Standard is nautic miles (nm)? Since 1 knot is 1 nm you can compare it well. The range of 5,500 miles is around 4,779 nautic miles. 5,500 looks better than lets say 4,800 but it is how it is ;) At full speed the range was very small (less than 5,000 kilometers) that is why they produced the Allen M-Summer class with capacity for a bit over 500 tons of fuel oil. Greetings Kilon22 (talk) 22:05, 20 March 2013 (UTC)[reply]