Bainbridge class destroyer
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 USS Bainbridge (DD-1) |
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Bainbridge class destroyer |
| Operators: |  United States Navy |
| Preceded by: | None |
| Succeeded by: | Truxtun class destroyer |
| Completed: | 13 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| Retired: | 12 |
| Preserved: | 0 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Displacement: | 420 tons (normal) 592 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 250 ft (76.2 m) |
| Beam: | 23 ft 1 in (7.04 m) |
| Draft: | 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) |
| Propulsion: | 4 boilers 2 engines 8,000 hp |
| Speed: | 28.4 knots (52.6 km/h) |
| Complement: | 3 officers 72 enlisted men |
| Armament: | 2 - 3 in (76 mm) guns 5 - 6 pound (2.7 kg) guns 2 - 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes |
The Bainbridge-class destroyers were the first destroyers of the United States Navy, built in 1899 and 1900.
The 13 ships were authorized following the Spanish-American War, and were decommissioned in 1920. One ship was lost at sea: the Chauncey, which collided with the SS Rose in 1917.
After decommissioning, the 12 remaining ships were sold to Joseph G. Hitner, except for the Hopkins. Hopkins was sold to the Denton Shore Lumber Company in Tampa, Florida.
A Bainbridge-class destroyer would be dwarfed by its counterpart of 100 years later. The Arleigh Burke class destroyer USS Bainbridge (DDG-96) is more than twice as long and displaces 20 times as much tonnage as her namesake a century earlier.
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[edit] Subdividing the Bainbridge class
Some sources break the Bainbridge class into other classes.
- Hopkins and Hull were oil-fueled rather than coal-fueled, had turtle deck forward and may be considered to be Hopkins-class.
- Lawrence and Macdonough had two additional 6-pounder guns, turtledeck forward, carried their funnels in only one group of four and may be considered to be Lawrence-class.
- Paul Jones, Perry and Preble carried one twin torpedo tube instead of two singles and may be considered to be Lawrence-class.
- Stewart was equipped with Seabury boilers and was fastest of the 400-tonners (she was also the smallest).
[edit] List of the Bainbridge class destroyers
[edit] References
Gardiner, Robert, Conway's all the world's fighting ships 1860-1905 Conway Maritime Press, 1997. ISBN 0-85177-133-5
[edit] External links
- Tin Can Sailors@Destroyers.org - Bainbridge class destroyer
- Tin Can Sailors@Destroyers.org - Hopkins class destroyer
- Tin Can Sailors@Destroyers.org - Lawerence class destroyer
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