Four piper

The term four piper is United States Navy terminology for classes of destroyers with four funnels. These include the  classes listed below:

 
 
 
 

These classes were built for use by the United States Navy during World War I and subsequently "moth-balled". Fifty were loaned, under Lend-Lease to the United Kingdom when convoy escorts were desperately needed in the early years of World War II.

External links
 Four Piper Destroyer Organization, 2005, "General Specifications"

Category:Ship types