USS Bainbridge (DD-1)

USS Bainbridge in an Asiatic port c. 1915-1916.
History
United States
Name	Bainbridge
Namesake	Commodore William Bainbridge awarded Congressional Gold Medal
Ordered	4 May 1898
Awarded	1 October 1898
Builder	Neafie and Levy Ship and Engine Building Company
Laid down	15 August 1899
Launched	27 August 1901
Commissioned	24 November 1902
Decommissioned	17 January 1907
Commissioned	2 April 1908
Decommissioned	24 April 1912
Commissioned	1 April 1913
Decommissioned	3 July 1919
Stricken	15 September 1919
Fate	Sold for mercantile service, 3 January 1920
General characteristics
Class and type	Bainbridge-class destroyer
Displacement	420 long tons (430 tonnes) (standard load) 631 long tons (641 t) (designed full load) 710.5 long tons (721.9 t) (actual full load)
Length	245 ft (74.7 m) (pp) 250 ft (76.2 m) (oa)
Beam	23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) (mean) 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) (max)
Installed power	4 × Thornycroft boilers 8,000 ihp (6,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × triple expansion steam engines 2 × Propellers
Speed	29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph) (designed speed) 28.45 kn (52.69 km/h; 32.74 mph) (On trials)
Complement	4 officers 69 enlisted men
Armament	2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns 5 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) guns 2 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

The second USS Bainbridge was the first destroyer, also called "Torpedo-boat destroyers", in the United States Navy and the lead ship of the Bainbridge-class. She was named for William Bainbridge. Bainbridge was commissioned 12 February 1903. She served in the Asiatic Fleet before World War I and served in patrol and convoy duty during the war. She was decommissioned 3 July 1919.