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The Wickes class destroyer USS Luce (DD-99) is launched at Quincy, Mass. She entered service late in the First World War, served in the Adriatic and eastern Mediterranean in 1919 and was converted into a minelayer after her return to the United States.
The Wickes class destroyer USS Craven (DD-70) is launched at Norfolk. She entered service too late for the First World War, but entered Royal Navy service as HMS Lewes in 1940, serving in British Home Waters, from South Africa and in the Far East
The Wickes class destroyer USS Buchanan (DD-131) is laid down at Bath, Maine. She went on to be most famous for her part in the raid on St. Nazaire in 1942, when she was serving in the Royal Navy as HMS Campbeltown.
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.
