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The Wickes class destroyer USS Philip (DD-76) is launched at the Bath Iron Works. She entered service just before the end of the First World War, and saw more service in the Second World War as HMS Lancaster
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.
