Tucker class destroyer

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USS Tucker (DD-57) after her transfer to the Coast Guard
Class overview
Name:	Tucker class destroyer
Builders:	Fore River Shipbuilding Company Bath Iron Works.
Operators:	United States Navy United States Coast Guard
Preceded by:	O'Brien class destroyer
Succeeded by:	Sampson class destroyer
Completed:	6
Lost:	1
Retired:	5
Preserved:	0
General characteristics
Type:	Destroyer
Displacement:	1,090-1,110 tons (normal)
Length:	315 ft 3 in (96.09 m) (oa)
Beam:	29 ft 11 in (9.1 m)
Draft:	10 ft 5 in (3.2 m) (max)
Propulsion:	Direct-drive steam turbines and geared cruising turbines Two shafts 17,000 shp
Speed:	29.5 kt (55 km/h)
Complement:	99
Armament:	4 x 4" (102 mm) / 50 caliber guns; 8 x 21" (533 mm) TT (2x4)

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" (533 mm) 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.

• USS Tucker (DD-57) (1916-1936)
• USS Conyngham (DD-58) (1916-1934)
• USS Porter (DD-59) (1916-1934)
• USS Wadsworth (DD-60) (1915-1936)
• USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) (1916-1917)
• USS Wainwright (DD-62) (1916-1934)

[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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