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Here we see the USS Wickes (DD-75), name ship of the Wickes class of destroyers, in the drydock at Devonport in 1919, probably after her collision with the German merchant ship Ljusne Elf at Hamburg in 3 March 1919.
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.
