CD-8, CD-32 and CD-52 are credited in this account with sinking USS Snook. The claim concerns another group of escorts attacking a submarine together. Their useful anti-submarine role did not resolve the difficulty of operating with a fleet whose doctrine depended on rapid movement. A top speed of 17.5 knots would slow such operations. Twenty-five Type D ships are said to have been lost during World War II. The plan for 200 vessels came too late in this assessment, with construction beginning from 1943 onwards.
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Type D's claimed successes, losses and late programme
An attributed submarine success is weighed against the class's losses, late construction and inability to support rapid fleet manoeuvre.