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The Germans achieve their last major success of the battle when they capture Mount Kemmel.
On the previous day the Germans capture Villers-Bretonneux, but a night counter-attack forces them back and leaves the troops in the village isolated. By the end of 25 April the village has been recaptured by the Allies.
The Wickes class destroyer USS Boggs (DD-136) and USS Kilty (DD-137) are launched at the Mare Island Naval Yard. The Boggs spent most of the interwar years on experimental duties, before serving as a minesweeper in the Pacific from 1940 to 1944. The Kilty served as a fast transport in the Pacific in 1943-45, serving in the Solomons, along New Guinea and in the Philippines
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.
