Truxtun class destroyer
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 USS Truxtun (DD-14) |
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Truxtun class destroyer |
| Builders: | Maryland Steel Company |
| Operators: |  United States Navy |
| Preceded by: | Bainbridge class destroyer |
| Succeeded by: | Smith class destroyer |
| Completed: | 3 |
| Retired: | 3 |
| Preserved: | 0 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Displacement: | 433 tons (normal) 605 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 259 ft 6 in |
| Beam: | 22 ft 3 in |
| Draft: | 6 ft 0 in |
| Propulsion: | 4 Boilers 2 Vertical expansion engines 8,300 horsepower |
| Speed: | 29.6 knots |
| Capacity: | 175 tons coal (fuel) |
| Complement: | 3 Officers 75 Enlisted |
| Armament: | Two 3"/50 caliber rapid fire guns Six 6 pounders Two 18" torpedo tubes |
Three Truxtun-class destroyers served in the United States Navy.
USS Truxtun (DD-14), USS Whipple (DD-15) and USS Worden (DD-16) were all built by Maryland Steel Company and commissioned in 1902. After service during World War I, all were sold in 1920 and converted to merchant vessels.
Part of the original 16 destroyers authorized by Congress in 1898, they escorted convoys during the war.
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