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This picture shows four Wickes class destroyers moored alongside the Kanawh class fleet replenishment oiler USS Cuyama (AO-3) at Acapulco in 1919. On the left are the Walker (DD-163), Crosby (DD-164) and Thatcher (DD-162) and on the right the Gamble (DD-123).
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.
