Editing Wickes-class destroyer (section)

{{short description|Destroyer class of the US Navy}}
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{{Infobox ship image
|Ship image=File:USS Crowninshield (DD-134) 1939-1940.jpg
|Ship caption=USS ''Crowninshield''
}}
{{Infobox ship class overview
|Name= ''Wickes'' class 
|Builders=
*[[Bath Iron Works]], ME
*[[Charleston Naval Shipyard]], SC
*Bethlehem
**[[Fore River Shipyard]], MA
**[[Union Iron Works|San Francisco Shipyard]], CA
*[[Mare Island Naval Shipyard]], CA
*[[New York Shipbuilding Corporation|New York Ship]], NJ
*[[Newport News]], VA
*[[William Cramp & Sons]], PA
|Operators=*{{navy|United States|1912}}
*{{navy|United Kingdom}}
*{{naval|Canada|1911}}
*{{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}
*{{navy|Norway}}
*{{naval|Netherlands}}
|Class before={{sclass|Caldwell|destroyer|4}}
|Class after={{sclass|Clemson|destroyer|4}}
|Subclasses=*''Little'' (52 ships)
*''Lamberton'' (11 ships)
*''Tattnall'' (10 ships)
|Built range=1917–21
|In commission range=1918–46 (USN)
|Total ships building=
|Total ships planned=
|Total ships completed=111
|Total ships cancelled=
|Total ships active=
|Total ships laid up=
|Total ships lost=*9 sunk in battle
*5 sunk as targets
*7 others sunk or destroyed in other ways
|Total ships retired=90 scrapped
|Total ships preserved=
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
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|Header caption=
|Ship type=[[Destroyer]]
|Ship displacement=* 1,154 tons (normal)
*1,247 tons (full load)
|Ship length={{convert|314|ft|4.5|in|2|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|30|ft|11.25|in|2|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught=
|Ship draft={{convert|9|ft|2|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=*4 × [[boiler]]s, {{convert|300|psi|abbr=on}} [[saturated steam]]<ref name="proceedings">Thomas, Donald I., CAPT USN "Recommissioning Destroyers, 1939 Style" ''United States Naval Institute Proceedings'' September 1979 p.71</ref>
*2 Parsons [[gear]]ed [[steam turbine]]s, {{convert|24610|hp|abbr=on}}<ref name="proceedings"/>
*2 shafts
|Ship speed={{convert|35.3|kn|abbr=on}}
|Ship range=
|Ship complement=100 officers and enlisted
|Ship sensors=*1 × [[SC radar]]
|Ship EW=
|Ship armament=
* 4 × [[4"/50 caliber gun|{{convert|4|in|mm|abbr=on|0}}/50 caliber guns]]<ref name="proceedings"/>
* 1 × [[3"/23 caliber gun|{{convert|3|in|mm|abbr=on|0}}/23 caliber AA gun]]<ref name="proceedings"/>
* 4 × triple [[Mark 8 torpedo|{{convert|21|in|mm|abbr=on|0}}]] [[torpedo tubes]]<ref name="proceedings"/>
|Ship armor=
|Ship aircraft=
|Ship aircraft facilities=
|Ship notes=popularly known as ''Flush Deckers'', ''Four Pipers'', ''Four-stackers'', 1200-ton type
}}
|}

The '''''Wickes''-class destroyers''' were a class of 111 [[destroyer]]s built by the [[United States Navy]] in 1917–19. Together with the six preceding {{sclass|Caldwell|destroyer|0}} and following 156 subsequent {{sclass|Clemson|destroyer|1}}s, they were grouped as the "[[flush-deck]]" or "four-stack" type. Only a few were completed in time to serve in [[World War I]], including {{USS|Wickes|DD-75|6}}, the lead ship of the class.

While some were scrapped in the 1930s, the rest served throughout [[World War II]]. Most of these were converted to other uses; nearly all in U.S. service had half their boilers and one or more stacks removed to increase fuel and range or accommodate troops.<ref name="SilverstoneII"/> Others were transferred to the [[United Kingdom|British]] [[Royal Navy]] and the [[Royal Canadian Navy]], some of which were later transferred to the [[Soviet Navy]]. All were scrapped within a few years after World War II.