Truxtun-class destroyer

USS Truxtun
USS Truxtun
Class overview
NameTruxtun class
BuildersMaryland Steel Company, Sparrows Point, Maryland
Operators United States Navy
Preceded byBainbridge class
Succeeded bySmith class
Built1899–1902
In commission1902–1919
Completed3
Retired3
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Displacement
  • 433 long tons (440 t) normal
  • 605 long tons (615 t) full load
Length259 ft 6 in (79.10 m)
Beam22 ft 3 in (6.78 m)
Draft6 ft (1.8 m)
Installed power
Propulsion2 × shafts
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (design)
Capacity175 long tons (178 t) coal (fuel)
Complement
  • 3 officers
  • 75 enlisted
Armament

Three Truxtun-class destroyers were built for the United States Navy. Part of the original 16 destroyers authorized by Congress on 4 May 1898 for the fiscal year 1899 program, they were commissioned in 1902.[1] They were very similar to their Bainbridge-class contemporaries, except for mounting six 6-pounder (57 mm) guns instead of five. They were considered the most successful of the first 16 US Navy destroyers, and were succeeded by the larger Smith class.[1]

The Truxtuns escorted convoys during World War I. All were decommissioned in 1919 and converted to merchant vessels in 1920.

  1. ^ a b Friedman, p. 10-19, 454