Cassin class destroyer

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Four destroyers in the United States Navy formed the Cassin-class. All served as convoy escorts during World War I.

They were the first to carry the new 4 inch (102 mm) gun. The number of torpedo tubes were doubled from the four carried by the Paulding-class to eight. The additional armament significantly increased their tonnage to over 1,000 tons and decreased their speed to less than thirty knots (56 km/h).

The Aylwin-class was built concurrently, and those four ships are often considered to be Cassins.

Cassin-class destroyer

Cassin | Cummings | Downes | Duncan

List of destroyers of the United States Navy List of destroyer classes of the United States Navy