USS Cassin (DD-43) moored alongside another U.S. Navy destroyer, at Queenstown, Ireland, circa 1918. She is painted in "Dazzle" type camouflage.
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Name | Cassin |
Namesake | Captain Stephen Cassin (1783-1857), awarded Congressional Gold Medal |
Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
Cost | $780,171.28[1] |
Laid down | 1 May 1912 |
Launched | 20 May 1913 |
Sponsored by | Miss H. C. Carusi |
Commissioned | 9 August 1913 |
Decommissioned | 7 June 1922 |
Stricken | 5 July 1934 |
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Notes | Cassin lost her name to new construction 1 November 1933 |
United States | |
Name | Cassin |
Acquired | 28 April 1924[2] |
Commissioned | 30 August 1924[2] |
Decommissioned | 5 June 1933[2] |
Identification | Hull symbol:CG-1 |
Fate | transferred back to the United States Navy, 30 June 1933 |
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Class and type | Cassin-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,020 long tons (1,040 t) |
Length | 305 ft 3 in (93.04 m) |
Beam | 31 ft 2 in (9.50 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) (mean)[4] |
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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]
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