Launched: 1935 Displacement: 1488 tons 2103 tons full load
Length: 341ft. Beam: 35ft. Speed: 36.5kts. Draft: 12ft. Endurance: 6,500 nm (12 kt)
Armament: Guns: 4x5in/38 dual-purpose AA: 2x40mm Twin Bofors 5x20mm Oerlikons Torpedo Tubes: 3x4 21in
The Mahan class was the first up-sized successor to the Farragut, allowing a third torpedo mount to be squeezed in, though this required two aft mounts positioned outboard of the centerline. Like the Farraguts, these were originally 5-gun destroyers, but the number 3 gun was landed during the war to make room for the twin Bofors mounts.
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