USS Gherardi (DD-637), underway in 1942
Here we see the newly completed Gleaves class destroyer USS Gherardi (DD-637) under way at some point in 1942, the year in which she was completed and commissioned, although she didn't start her first combat mission until 1 January 1943.
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.
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Rickard, J (4 June 2021), USS Gherardi (DD-637), underway in 1942 , https://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/pictures_USS_Gherardi_DD637_underway_1942.html
