Fletcher class destroyerとは 意味・読み方・使い方

Designed in 1939, as a result of dissatisfaction with the earlier destroyer leader types, the Fletcher class were a class of destroyers built by the United States during World War II. Some went on to serve during the Korean War and into the Vietnam War. The United States Navy commissioned 175 Fletcher-class destroyers between 1942 and 1944, more than any other destroyer class, and the "Fletcher" design was generally regarded as highly successful. The Fletcher class had a design speed of 38 knots, armed with five 5" guns in single mounts and carrying 10 21" torpedo in twin quintuple centerline mounts. The Allen M. Sumner- and Gearing classes were Fletcher derivatives.