Porter-class destroyer

The Porter-class destroyers were a class of eight 1,850-ton large destroyers in the United States Navy. Like the preceding Farragut-class, their construction was authorized by Congress on 26 April 1916, but funding was delayed considerably. They were designed based on a 1,850-ton standard displacement limit imposed by the London Naval Treaty; the treaty's tonnage limit allowed 13 ships of this size, and the similar Somers class was built later to meet the limit. The first four Porters were laid down in 1933 by New York Shipbuilding in Camden, New Jersey, and the next four in 1934 at Bethlehem Steel Corporation in Quincy, Massachusetts. All were commissioned in 1936 except Winslow, which was commissioned in 1937. They were built in response to the large Fubuki-class destroyers that the Imperial Japanese Navy was building at the time and were initially designated as flotilla leaders. They served extensively in World War II, in the Pacific War, the Atlantic, and in the Americas. Porter was the class' only loss, in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands on 26 October 1942.

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Mahan-class destroyer, USS Clark, 

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  USS Balch ⓘ
  1936 Porter-class destroyer

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  USS Clark ⓘ
  1935 Porter-class destroyer

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  USS McDougal ⓘ
  1936 Porter-class destroyer

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  USS Moffett ⓘ
  1935 Porter-class destroyer

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  USS Phelps ⓘ
  1935 Porter-class destroyer

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  USS Porter ⓘ
  1935 Porter-class destroyer

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  USS Selfridge ⓘ
  1936 Porter-class destroyer

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  USS Winslow ⓘ
  1936 Porter-class destroyer

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1935 Porter-class destroyer

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Pattern sheet, MS-32 3D for Porter class

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
object	watercraft		USS Balch	Porter-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Clark	Porter-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS McDougal	Porter-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Moffett	Porter-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Phelps	Porter-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Porter	destroyer, Porter-class destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Selfridge	Porter-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
object	watercraft		USS Winslow	Porter-class destroyer, destroyer	Wikidata
commons	image		Pattern sheet, MS-32 3D for Porter class		Commons