17 August 1918
War at Sea
The Wickes class destroyer USS Breckinridge (DD-148) is launched. She enters service too late for the First World War, and spends most of the Second World War on convoy escort and anti-submarine duties in the Atlantic
The Wickes class destroyer USS Roper (DD-147) is launched at Cramp. She enters service too late for the First World War, but in the Second World War sinks U-85, before becoming a fast transport that serves in the Mediterranean and Pacific theatres
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.
How to cite this article: Rickard, J (3 January 2018), 17 August 1918, https://www.historyofwar.org/firstworldwar/daybyday/1918_08_17.html
