Bainbridge-class destroyer
1902-1919
450 ts
76 m
7.04 m
1.98 m
3 officers, 72 teams
- 4 boilers,
- 2 triple - expansion engines, 8,000 hp ( 5884 kW )
- Two waves,
28.4 kn
- 2 × 3 Zoll/50 caliber guns
- 5 × 6 pound cannon
- 2 × 18 inch torpedo tubes
Originally designated as a torpedo boat destroyer units of Bainbridge class were the first destroyer in the United States Navy. Construction was approved by Congress in 1898 and carried out 1899-1903.
The 13 destroyers were given after the Spanish-American War in order and are out of service in 1920. The USS Chauncey was lost as the only ship of the class at sea. 1917 collided with the destroyer of the British steamship Rose.
Except for the USS Hopkins, which was sold to the Denton Shore Lumber Company, the ships went after her decommissioning of Joseph G. Hitner, which they scrapped or rebuilt to merchant ships.
Within the Bainbridge class there were major structural differences that led to and from the Hopkins - class (DD -6 and DD -7) as well as the Lawrence - class (DD -8 and DD -9) is spoken.
- USS Hopkins and USS Hull had taken the coal firing an oil-fired furnace.
- USS Lawrence and USS Macdonough were equipped with two six -pound cannons, and their chimneys were standing close together.
- USS Paul Johns, USS Perry and USS Preble had a twin torpedo tube instead of two single torpedo tubes.
- USS Stewart was equipped with Seabury boilers and was the fastest destroyer class and also the smallest.