Fletcher guns, torpedoes, range, and machinery

A Fletcher carried five 5-inch guns in single mounts and ten 21-inch torpedo tubes. The stated performance is 35 knots and a range of 6,200 nautical miles at 15 knots. The wartime light antiaircraft fit is described as roughly ten 40 mm Bofors and nominally seven 20 mm Oerlikons, with actual outfits varying. Depth-charge throwers and racks supplied an antisubmarine capability. The machinery example uses twin-shaft General Electric steam turbines developing 60,000 shaft horsepower, with four Babcock & Wilcox boilers on some ships. These capabilities are discussed within an approximately 2,000-ton design.