Z37

Scuttled

Type	Destroyer
Class	Type 1936A (Mob)
War	Second World War
Main guns	3 × 5.9″ guns

Served in the Bay of Biscay. Badly damaged in a collision with Z32 in early 1944, she was laid up at Bordeaux and scuttled there in August 1944.

The former German destroyer Z 39 underway off Boston, Massachusetts (USA), on 22 August 1945. The U.S. Navy designated the destroyer DD-939. Photo: Robert F. Sumrall, U.S. Navy, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

1 × twin, 3 × single 15 cm (5.9 in) guns
2 × twin 3.7 cm (1.5 in) AA guns
1 × quadruple, 3 × single 2 cm (0.8 in) AA guns
2 × quadruple 53.3 cm (21 in) torpedo tubes
60 mines
4 × depth charge launchers

Builder	Germaniawerft, Kiel
Laid down	2 January 1941
Launched	24 February 1942
Displacement	2,657 long tons (2,700 t) (standard) 3,691 long tons (3,750 t) (deep load)
Length	127 m (416 ft 8 in) (o/a)
Speed	36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph)
Complement	316–335

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

24 February 1942

Battle of the Bay of Biscay

Survived

27–28 December 1943

Fate

Scuttled

Scuttled, 24 August 1944; Scrapped, 1949