&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:USS_Drayton_(DD-23).jpg) USS Drayton (DD-23) running builder's trials in 1910, prior to installation of her armament.
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| History | |
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| Name | Drayton |
| Namesake | Captain Percival Drayton |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
| Laid down | 19 August 1909 |
| Launched | 22 August 1910 |
| Sponsored by | Miss E. G. Drayton, niece of Captain Drayton |
| Commissioned | 29 October 1910 |
| Decommissioned | 17 November 1919 |
| Stricken | 8 March 1935 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sold 28 June 1935 for scrap |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Paulding-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 293 ft 10 in (89.56 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) (mean)[2] |
| Installed power | 12,000 ihp (8,900 kW) |
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| Speed | |
| Complement | 4 officers 97 enlisted[3] |
| Armament |
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USS Drayton (DD-23) was a Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was the first ship named for Captain Percival Drayton.
Drayton was launched on 22 August 1910 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, sponsored by Miss E. G. Drayton, niece of Captain Drayton, and commissioned on 29 October 1910.
- ^ "USS Drayton (DD-23)". Navsource.org. Retrieved 16 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Table 10 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 714. 1921.
- ^ "Table 16 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 749. 1921.