el ▁design , ▁built ▁in ▁the ▁Fore ▁River ▁and ▁Union ▁Iron ▁Works ▁ship y ards , ▁mostly ▁used ▁Y arrow ▁bo ilers ▁that ▁d eter ior ated ▁badly ▁during ▁service ▁and ▁were ▁mostly ▁scra pped ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s . ▁The ▁ships ▁disp la ced ▁ ▁at ▁standard ▁load ▁and ▁ ▁at ▁deep ▁load . ▁They ▁had ▁an ▁overall ▁length ▁of ▁, ▁a ▁beam ▁of ▁ ▁and ▁a ▁dra ug ht ▁of ▁. ▁They ▁had ▁a ▁crew ▁of ▁ 6 ▁officers ▁and ▁ 1 0 8 ▁en list ed ▁men . ▁ ▁Performance ▁differ ed ▁rad ically ▁between ▁the ▁ships ▁of ▁the ▁class , ▁often ▁due ▁to ▁poor ▁work mans hip . ▁The ▁W ick es ▁class ▁was ▁power ed ▁by ▁two ▁steam ▁tur b ines , ▁each ▁driving ▁one ▁prop eller ▁sh aft , ▁using ▁steam ▁provided ▁by ▁four ▁water - t ube ▁bo ilers . ▁The ▁tur b ines ▁were ▁designed ▁to ▁produce ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ ▁intended ▁to ▁reach ▁a ▁speed ▁of ▁. ▁The ▁ships ▁carried ▁ ▁of ▁fuel ▁oil ▁which ▁was ▁intended ▁gave ▁them ▁a ▁range ▁of ▁ ▁at ▁. ▁ ▁The ▁ships ▁were ▁armed ▁with ▁four ▁ 4 - inch ▁( 1 0 2   mm ) ▁guns ▁in ▁single ▁mount s ▁and ▁were ▁fitted ▁with ▁two ▁▁ 1 - p ound er ▁guns ▁for ▁anti - air craft ▁defense . ▁Their ▁primary ▁weapon , ▁though , ▁was ▁their ▁tor ped o ▁battery ▁of ▁a ▁dozen ▁ 2 1 ▁in ch ▁( 5 3