Wickes-class destroyers Ships in class USS Wickes (HMS Montgomery) Designation: Destroyer No. 75, DD-75, G95 Builders: (Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine) Laid down: 26 June 1917 Launched: 25 June 1918 (List) Operator: Commissioned: 31 July 1918 (List) Decommissioned: 23 October 1940 (List) Operator: Commissioned: 23 October 1940 (List) Decommissioned: 23 February 1944 (List) Fate: Scrapped in the spring of 1945 Operations: World War I and II convoy escort Victories: USS Philip (HMS Lancaster) Designation: Destroyer No. 76, DD-76, G05 Builders: (Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine) Laid down: 1 September 1917 Launched: 25 July 1918 (List) Operator: Commissioned: 24 August 1918 (List) Decommissioned: 23 October 1940 (List) Operator: Commissioned: 23 October 1940 (List) Decommissioned: July 1945 (List) Fate: Scrapped 1947 Operations: World War I convoy escort, World War II minelayer and escort USS Woolsey Designation: Destroyer No. 77, DD-77 Builders: (Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine) Laid down: 1 November 1917 Launched: 17 September 1918 (List) Operator: Commissioned: 30 September 1918 (List) Fate: Sunk in a collision 21 February 1921 (List) Operations: World War I convoy escort USS Evans (HMS Mansfield) Designation: Destroyer No. 78, DD-78 Builders: (Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine) Laid down: 28 December 1917 Launched: 30 October 1918 (List) Operator: Commissioned: 11 October 1918 (List) Decommissioned: 23 October 1940 (List) Operator: , , Commissioned: 23 October 1940 (List) Decommissioned: 22 June 1944 (List) Fate: Scrapped 1945 Operations: World War I patrol, World War II convoy escort, Norwegian coastal raids Victories: USS Little Designation: Destroyer No. 79, DD-79, APD-4 Builders: (Fore River Shipbuilding in Quincy, Massachusetts) Laid down: 18 June 1917 Launched: 11 November 1917 (List) Operator: Commissioned: 6 April 1918 (List) Fate: Sunk by Japanese destroyers near Savo Island on 5 September 1942 (List) Operations: World War I patrol, World War II convoy escort, Norwegian coastal raids Modifications: Conversion to high-speed transport in 1940 USS Kimberly Designation: Destroyer No. 80, DD-80 Builders: (Fore River Shipbuilding in Quincy, Massachusetts) Laid down: Launched: 14 December 1917 (List) Operator: Commissioned: 26 April 1918 (List) Decommissioned: 30 June 1922 (List) Fate: Sold for scrap 20 April 1939 Operations: World War I convoy escort USS Sigourney (HMS Newport) Designation: Destroyer No. 81, DD-81 Builders: (Fore River Shipbuilding in Quincy, Massachusetts) Laid down: 25 August 1917 Launched: 16 December 1917 (List) Operator: Commissioned: 15 May 1918 (List) Decommissioned: 26 November 1940 (List) Operator: , Commissioned: 5 December 1940 (List) Decommissioned: January