Ship Class: USS Porter

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Ship Class	USS Porter

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Ship	USS Balch USS Clark USS McDougal USS Moffett USS Phelps USS Porter USS Selfridge USS Winslow
Ship Type	Destroyer
Destroyer Type	Fleet Destroyer
Ship Class Attribute	Longitudinal Framed

	Summary
	First US leader in the 1850t class of the 1930 london naval treaty. Introduced twin SP guns.

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: Developed By Country	3) 2: Flag	4) 1: First Laid Down	5) 1: Last Disposed
	United States		1933 Dec 18	1959 Feb 23

Ship Classes
	Standard Displacement	Length Overall	Beam	Draught	Complement	Class Complement
	1 834ton	116.15m	11.28m	3.96m	194	1 552

Ship Classes
	Shafts	Main Engines	Max Speed	Machinery Type	Boilers	Boiler Pressure	Boiler Temperature Degree Fahrenheit
	2	50 000hp	37kt	Steam Turbine	4	400psi	648

Ship Classes
	Bunkerage	Range	Cruising	Cruising Endurance
	635ton	6 500mile	12kt	19.612day

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1:Ship Role	3) 1: Governed By Treaty Category	4) 1: Improved In Ship Class	5) 4: as Class Improvement	6) 5: Details	7) 1: Machinery	8) 1: Armament
	Flotilla Leader	1930 London, Destroyer Large	USS Somers ##	N	Improved machinery, extra quad tubes.	642ton	205ton

Ship Classes
1)	2) 1: As Built Armament	3) 2:Turret Model	4) 3:Image	5) 2:Torpedo Model	6) 1: Installed With Sensor	7) 6:	8) 7: Control Armament
	Gun 4 X US 5in 38cal SP Mark 22 Twin	US 5in 38cal SP Mark 22 Twin			USA Director Mark 35		USS Porter Gun 4 X US 5in 38cal SP Mark 22 Twin
	Gun 2 X US 1.1in 75cal Mark 1 Quad	US 1.1in 75cal Mark 1 Quad			USA Director Torpedo Control Mark 27
	Torpedo 8 X US 21in Mark 12			US 21in Mark 12	USA Sonar Type QC

Ship Classes
	Number In Class	Built By Shipbuilder	Building Cost Per Ship Pound Sterling	Building Cost Per Ship Pounds Sterling Per Ton	Class Building Cost Pound Sterling
	8	Bethlehem Steel At Quincy New York Shipbuilding	800 000	429.3	6 400 000

Ship Classes
	Potentially Involved In Tension	Involved In Activity	Covered By Assignment
	1905 1945 United States Germany 1905 1945 United States Japan 1922 1943 United States Italy