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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Cassin |
| Namesake | Stephen Cassin |
| Builder | Philadelphia Navy Yard |
| Rebuilder | Mare Island Naval Shipyard |
| Laid down | 1 October 1934 |
| Launched | 28 October 1935 |
| Commissioned | 21 August 1936 |
| Decommissioned | 7 December 1941 |
| Recommissioned | 15 November 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 17 December 1945 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 25 November 1947 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Mahan-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,500 long tons (1,500 t) |
| Length | 341 ft 4 in (104.04 m) |
| Beam | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Draft | 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) |
| Speed | 37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph) |
| Complement | 158 officers and crew |
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USS Cassin (DD-372) was a Mahan-class destroyer in the United States Navy before and during World War II. She was the second ship named for Stephen Cassin, an officer in the United States Navy.[1]
Cassin was launched at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 28 October 1935. She was sponsored by Stephen Cassin's great granddaughter, Mrs. Helen Cassin Carusi Lombard, and commissioned 21 August 1936, with Lieutenant Commander A. G. Noble in command.[1][2] Mrs. Lombard, at age nine, had also sponsored the first Cassin (DD-43) in 1913.[3]
- ^ a b "Cassin II". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
- ^ "Officials are Present at Navy Day Activities". Daily Journal-World. Lawrence, Kansas. 28 October 1935. p. 3. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
- ^ Benham, Edith Wallace; Hall, Ann Martin (1913). Ships of the United States Navy and Their Sponsors, Volume 1. Norwood, Massachusetts: The Plimpton Press. p. 32.