The Probert Encyclopaedia of Ships

ROOKS

The USS Rooks was an American Improved Fletcher Class destroyer of 2050 tons displacement launched in 1944. The USS Rooks was powered by four Babcock and Wilcox boilers providing a top speed of 36 knots. She carried a complement of 353 and was armed with five 5 inch guns; ten 40 mm anti-aircraft guns; eight 20 mm anti-aircraft guns and ten 21 inch torpedo tubes arranged in two quintuplets.
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