USS Cassin (DD-43)

USS Cassin (DD-43) moored alongside another U.S. Navy destroyer, at Queenstown, Ireland, circa 1918. She is painted in "Dazzle" type camouflage.
USS Cassin (DD-43) moored alongside another U.S. Navy destroyer, at Queenstown, Ireland, circa 1918. She is painted in "Dazzle" type camouflage.
History
United States
NameCassin
NamesakeCaptain Stephen Cassin (1783-1857), awarded Congressional Gold Medal
BuilderBath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Cost$780,171.28[1]
Laid down1 May 1912
Launched20 May 1913
Sponsored byMiss H. C. Carusi
Commissioned9 August 1913
Decommissioned7 June 1922
Stricken5 July 1934
Identification
Fate
NotesCassin lost her name to new construction 1 November 1933
United States
NameCassin
Acquired28 April 1924[2]
Commissioned30 August 1924[2]
Decommissioned5 June 1933[2]
IdentificationHull symbol:CG-1
Fatetransferred back to the United States Navy, 30 June 1933
General characteristics [3]
Class and typeCassin-class destroyer
Displacement1,020 long tons (1,040 t)
Length305 ft 3 in (93.04 m)
Beam31 ft 2 in (9.50 m)
Draft9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) (mean)[4]
Installed power
  • oil fired boilers
  • 16,000 ihp (12,000 kW)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 29.5 kn (33.9 mph; 54.6 km/h)
  • 30.14 kn (34.68 mph; 55.82 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[4]
Complement
  • 5 officers 96 enlisted[5]
  • 6 officers, 82 enlisted (in USCG service)[6]
Armament

The first USS Cassin (DD-43) was the lead ship of Cassin-class destroyers in the United States Navy during World War I. She was later transferred to the United States Coast Guard, where she was designated CG-1. She was named for Stephen Cassin.[7]

  1. ^ "Table 21 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 762. 1921.
  2. ^ a b c Record of Movements Vessels of the United States Coast Guard 1790 -December 31, 1933 (PDF). Washington: TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 1989. p. 448.
  3. ^ "USS Cassin (DD-43)". Navsource.org. Retrieved June 25, 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Table 10 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 714. 1921.
  5. ^ "Table 16 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 749. 1921.
  6. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference USCG was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Cassin I". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 6 May 2015.