Mahan-class destroyer

The Mahan-class destroyers of the United States Navy were a series of 18 destroyers. The first 16 were laid down in 1934 and the last two, Dunlap and Fanning, are sometimes considered a separate ship class. All 18 were commissioned in 1936 and 1937. Six ships were lost in combat and two were expended in the postwar Operation Crossroads nuclear...