USS Jenkins (DD-42)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Jenkins.
USS Jenkins (DD-42)
USS Jenkins (DD-42) moored in a European port, possibly Queenstown, Ireland, circa 1918. She is painted in dazzle camouflage.
History
United States
NameJenkins
NamesakeRear Admiral Thornton A. Jenkins
BuilderBath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Cost$650,712.43[1]
Laid down24 March 1911
Launched29 April 1912
Sponsored byMiss Alice Jenkins
Commissioned15 June 1912
Decommissioned31 October 1919
Stricken8 March 1935
Identification
FateSold for scrap in 1935
General characteristics [2]
Class and typePaulding-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 742 long tons (754 t) normal
  • 887 long tons (901 t) full load
Length293 ft 10 in (89.56 m)
Beam27 ft (8.2 m)
Draft8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) (mean)[4]
Installed power12,000 ihp (8,900 kW)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 29.5 kn (33.9 mph; 54.6 km/h)
  • 31.27 kn (35.98 mph; 57.91 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[4]
Complement4 officers 87 enlisted[3]
Armament

The first USS Jenkins (DD-42) was a modified Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was named for Rear Admiral Thornton A. Jenkins.

  1. ^ "Table 21 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 762. 1921.
  2. ^ "USS Jenkins (DD-42)". Navsource.org. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
  3. ^ "Table 16 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 749. 1921.
  4. ^ a b "Table 10 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 714. 1921.