USS Perkins (DD-26)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Perkins.
USS Perkins
USS Perkins (DD-26) underway in 1912.
History
United States
NamePerkins
NamesakeCommodore George H. Perkins
BuilderFore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Cost$603,166.04[1]
Laid down22 March 1909
Launched9 April 1910
Sponsored byIsabel Weld Perkins daughter of Commodore Perkins
Commissioned18 November 1910
Decommissioned5 December 1919
Stricken8 March 1935
Identification
FateSold 28 June 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)[3]
Installed power12,000 ihp (8,900 kW)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 29.5 kn (33.9 mph; 54.6 km/h)
  • 29.76 kn (34.25 mph; 55.12 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[3]
Complement4 officers 87 enlisted[4]
Armament

USS Perkins (DD-26) was a modified Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the first ship named for Commodore George H. Perkins.

Perkins was laid down on 22 March 1909 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, christened by Commodore Perkins' daughter Isabel Weld Perkins and launched from the Fore River on 9 April 1910. Perkins was commissioned on 18 November 1910, Lieutenant Commander Joel R. P. Pringle in command.

  1. ^ "Table 21 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 762. 1921.
  2. ^ "USS Perkins (DD-26)". Navsource.org. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Table 10 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 714. 1921.
  4. ^ "Table 16 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 749. 1921.