20 April 1918
War at Sea
The Wickes class destroyer USS Bell (DD-95) is launched at Quincy, Mass. She escorted convoys across the Atlantic late in the First World War, but entered the reserve in 1922 and was never recommissioned.
The Wickes class destroyer USS Lansdale (DD-101) is laid down at Quincy, Mass. She entered service in the last days of the First World War, serving in the Mediterranean in 1919, then as a minelayer in the 1920s.
U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History, Norman Friedmann .
The standard history of the development of American destroyers, from the earliest torpedo boat destroyers to the post-war fleet, and covering the massive classes of destroyers built for both World Wars. Gives the reader a good understanding of the debates that surrounded each class of destroyer and led to their individual features.
How to cite this article: Rickard, J (3 January 2018), 20 April 1918, http://www.historyofwar.org/firstworldwar/daybyday/1918_04_20.html
