USS Fletcher

Summary

USS Fletcher is a destroyer^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.53% of destroyer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (212 views/month, #10 of 1,895).^[2]

Key Facts

• USS Fletcher's image is recorded as USS Fletcher (DD-445) off New York, 1942.jpg^[3].
• USS Fletcher's instance of is recorded as destroyer^[4].
• USS Fletcher's operator is recorded as United States Navy^[5].
• Frank Friday Fletcher is named after USS Fletcher^[6].
• USS Fletcher's manufacturer is recorded as Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company^[7].
• USS Fletcher's vessel class is recorded as Fletcher-class destroyer^[8].
• USS Fletcher's Commons category is recorded as USS Fletcher (DD-445)^[9].
• USS Fletcher's armament is recorded as Bofors 40 mm^[10].
• USS Fletcher's armament is recorded as Oerlikon 20 mm cannon^[11].
• USS Fletcher's armament is recorded as 5"/38 caliber gun^[12].
• USS Fletcher's participated in conflict is recorded as World War II^[13].
• USS Fletcher's participated in conflict is recorded as Korean War^[14].
• USS Fletcher's participated in conflict is recorded as Vietnam War^[15].
• USS Fletcher's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02nm6v^[16].
• USS Fletcher's significant event is recorded as ship launching^[17].
• USS Fletcher's significant event is recorded as keel laying^[18].
• USS Fletcher's significant event is recorded as ship commissioning^[19].
• USS Fletcher's significant event is recorded as ship decommissioning^[20].
• USS Fletcher's significant event is recorded as ship recommissioning^[21].
• USS Fletcher's pennant number is recorded as DDE-445^[22].
• USS Fletcher's topic's main category is recorded as Category:USS Fletcher (DD-445)^[23].
• USS Fletcher's Commons gallery is recorded as USS Fletcher (DD-445)^[24].
• USS Fletcher's location of creation is recorded as Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company^[25].
• USS Fletcher's described by source is recorded as Drachinifel^[26].
• USS Fletcher's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'mul', 'text': 'Fletcher'}^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for USS Fletcher include Fletcher-class destroyer^[28], a ship class^[29], founded in 1942^[30].

Why It Matters

USS Fletcher ranks in the top 0.53% of destroyer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (212 views/month, #10 of 1,895).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[31] It is known by 13 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[32]

Entities named for it include Fletcher-class destroyer^[28], a ship class^[29], founded in 1942^[30].