Fletcher-class destroyer, the USS Black, Destroyer Division 666, as a machinist mate first class. I was assigned as the throttle man in the forward engine room. The Black served many tasks ...

But the Fletcher-class destroyer's service ... One sailor was lost, a boiler room was flooded, and the captain had to break radio silence to tell Iowa why the destroyer was lagging behind.

The wreck of US Navy Fletcher-class destroyer USS Johnston has been ... multiple battleship rounds destroyed Johnston's bridge and an engine room, knocking out electrical power and halving its ...