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Looking to learn about US Navy Destroyers, how they came to be, and how they evolved to be a crucial part of the US Navy fleet? Or just looking for something entertaining to watch?
Either way, sit back and relax. You are in for some #NotWhatYouThink!

0:00 Intro
1:45 How/Why destroyers were invented
2:20 Bainbridge and Truxtun Class
3:07 Flivvers (Smith and Paulding Class)
3:56 Thousand Tonners (Cassin, Aylwin, O'Brien, Tucker and Sampson Class)
4:57 FlushDeckers (Caldwell, Wickes and Clemson Class)
6:49 Goldplaters (Farragut, Porter, Mahan, Gridley, Somers, Bagley, Behnham and Sims Class)
9:40 Livermore (Benson and Gleaves Class)
10:33 Fletcher Class
12:21 Twenty Two Hundred Tonners (Allen M. Sumner and Gearing Class)
13:18 Norfolk Class
14:23 Mitscher Class
15:14 Forrest Sherman Class
15:57 Farragut Class
17:10 Charles F. Adams Class
18:26 Bainbridge Class
19:36 Spruance Class
21:35 Kidd Class
22:15 Arleigh Burke Class
24:19 Zumwalt Class
26:00 The Next (36th) Class of Destroyers
27:18 Summary

FOOTAGE SOURCES:
Footage courtesy of U.S. Navy used under the Creative Commons Attribution license. Thank you for that! Note: "The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) visual information does not imply or constitute DoD endorsement."
National Archives Catalog
Charles Walker YouTube Channel! Check him out:    / walkerusn  

Music (in order):
Changing Fabien Tell
Super Hero Bonnie Grace
Prescient Howard HarperBarnes
Oceanic Adventure Bonnie Grace
Deyja Hampus Naeselius
Kirkjufell Mochas
A Journalist;s Dream Out to the World
Beat Street V.V. Campos
Legions Jo Wandrini
Upon Entering Another Realm Brendon Moeller
Clearer Views From Now On
Final Target in Sight Trailer Worx
Torpedo Tigerblood Jewel
Marches Tigerblood Jewel
Expert Sleeper Brookii
Before Nightfall Christoffer Moe Ditlevsen
Forest Run Bonnie Grace
Minority Report V.V. Campos
Universal Solution Robert Ruth
Are you Ready Philip Ayers

KEY REFERENCES:
https://www.gao.gov/products/GAO16613
https://www.gao.gov/assets/680/678850...
https://destroyerhistory.org/flushdeck/
https://destroyerhistory.org/goldplater/
https://destroyerhistory.org/bensong...
https://www.gyrodynehelicopters.com/m...
https://www.loc.gov/item/dc1148/
https://usnhistory.navylive.dodlive.m...
http://steelnavy.com/JAGBainbridge.htm'>http://steelnavy.com/JAGBainbridge.htm
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/56675
https://fas.org/man/dod101/sys/ship/... (Spruance annual operational cost)
https://news.usni.org/2021/02/16/repo...
http://steelnavy.com/JAGBainbridge.htm'>http://steelnavy.com/JAGBainbridge.htm