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I made this up from Fitzsimons & navsource; I accept these spex as correct. Trekphiler 01:28, 27 December 2005 (UTC)

Tucker-class destroyers
Hull number and name Laid Down Launched Commissioned Builder Fate
DD-57 Tucker 9/11/14 4/5/15 11/4/16 Fore River (Quincy, MA) CG.23 25/3/26, renamed DD-57 1/11/33 for new construction, stricken 24/10/36 and scrapped
DD-58 Coyningham 27/7/14 8/7/15 21/1/6 William Cramp Ship Building Co. (Philadelphia) CG-2 7/6/24, renamed DD-58 1/11/33 for new construction, stricken 5/7/34 and scrapped
DD-59 Porter 24/8/14 26/8/15 17/4/16. William Cramp Ship Building Co. (Philadelphia) CG-7 7/624, renamed DD-59 1/11/33 for new construction, stricken 5/7/34 and scrapped
DD-60 Wadsworth 23/2/14 29/4/15 25/7/15 Bath Iron Works (Bath, ME) stricken 7/1/36 and scrapped
DD-61 Jacob Jones 3/8/14 29/5/15 10/2/16 New York Shipbuilding Co. (Camden, NJ) torpedoed U-53 off Scilly Is. 6/12/1917
DD-62 Wainwright 1/9/14 12/6/15 12/5/16 New York Shipbuilding Co. (Camden, NJ) CG-24 2/4/26, stricken 5/7/34 and scrapped
DD-63 Sampson 15/4/15 4/3/16 27/6/16 Fore River (Quincy, MA) stricken 7/1/36 and scrapped
DD-64 Rowan 10/5/15 23/3/16 22/8/16 Fore River (Quincy, MA) decommissioned 19/6/22, stricken 7/1/36 and scrapped
DD-65 Davis 7/5/15 15/8/16 5/10/16 Bath Iron Works (Bath, ME) CG-21 25/3/26, stricken 5/7/34 and scrapped
DD-66 Allen 10/5/15 5/12/16 24/1/17 Bath Iron Works (Bath, ME) decommissioned reserve Philadelphia 3/28, recommissioned 23/8/40, stricken 1/11/45 and scrapped
DD-67 Wilkes March 11 1915. May 18 1916 November 10 1916. William Cramp Ship Building Co. (Philadelphia) CG-25 25/3/26, stricken 5/7/34 and scrapped
DD-68 Shaw 7/2/16 9/12/16 9/4/17 Mare Island Navy Yd (San Francisco) collision troopship Aquitania 9/10/1918, CG-22 25/3/26, stricken 5/7/34 and scrapped


The Tucker-class of destroyers in the United States Navy were built by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company and Bath Iron Works. Commissioned in 1915 and 1916, they served in World War I. They were similar to the O'Brien-class with the same 21" torpedo tubes.

Jacob Jones was the first US destroyer sunk in enemy action. The surviving ships, with the exception of Wadsworth, were transferred to the United States Coast Guard to be part of the Rum Patrol. By 1936, all five ships were sold for scrap.

[edit] Sources

  • Fitzsimons, Bernard, General Editor. The Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare, Volume 23, p2526, "Tucker". London: Phoebus, 1978.
  • http://www.navsource.org/archives
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Displacement: 1090-1110 tons (normal)
Length: 96.09m (315'3") oa
Beam: 9.1m (29' 11")
Draft: 3.2m (10' 5") max
Machinery: steam turbines and cruising turbines, two shafts
Power: 17,000 shp
Speed: 29.5 kts
Range:
Complement: 99
Armament: 4" (102mm)/50cal guns (4x1); 8 53cm (21") TT (2x4)
Aircraft: None