What ships in the US Pacific fleet ran aground while under Admiral Nimitz?

Answer 1

7 US Navy "Flush Deck Destroyers" also known as "Four Pipers" (Clemson class) went aground in 1923 off Point Honda in California. All were destroyed. This was the largest peacetime loss of warships in US Naval history. The Clemson type class of US Navy Destroyer were the MOST produced US warship class in US history; approximately 275 were built during and just after WW1. Fifty of this class were "Given" to Great Britain under the "Lend Lease Act" prior to Pearl Harbor in 1941. The destroyers were already obsolete by the 1930's. 3 US Navy destroyers were sunk, while under Admiral "Bull" Halsey during TYPHOON COBRA in December 1944 in the Pacific. Two of the US Destroyers were older Farragut class destroyers, and the third lost warship was one of the new Fletcher class destroyers. Halsey was nearly relieved of command for sailing his fleet into a typhoon. The Fletcher class of US Navy Destroyers were the SECOND most produced US Warship class in US History; approximately 175 were built during WW2. The design was so advanced that it proved to be the ultimate destroyer during WW2, and was later improved upon and modified into Somers Class, Sherman Class, and finally the Gearing Class which fought it's last war in Vietnam during the 1960's. The Fletcher Class destroyer became a legend in both the US Navy and WW2.