|
|
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
January 1918
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| >February | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wickes class destroyer USS Twiggs (DD-127) is laid down. She goes on to serve in four navies - the US Navy, the Royal Navy, the Royal Canadian Navy and the Soviet Navy
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.
