USS Porter (DD-59)

USS Porter (DD-59), undergoing trials, 8 March 1916
History
United States
Name	Porter
Namesake	David Dixon Porter
Ordered	1913[3]
Builder	William Cramp & Sons[1] Philadelphia
Cost	$878,683.78 (hull and machinery)[4]
Yard number	420[2]
Laid down	24 August 1914[1]
Launched	26 August 1915[1]
Sponsored by	Miss Georgiana Porter Cusachs[1]
Commissioned	17 April 1916[1]
Decommissioned	23 June 1922[1]
Stricken	5 July 1934[1]
Identification	Hull symbol:DD-56 Code letters:NOO
Fate	transferred to U.S. Coast Guard, 7 June 1924[1] sold on 22 August 1934
Notes	lost her name to new construction on July 1, 1933, referred to as DD-59 afterward
United States
Name	Porter
Acquired	7 June 1924[5]
Commissioned	20 February 1925, Delaware Bay[5]
Decommissioned	5 June 1933[5]
Identification	Hull symbol:CG-7
Fate	returned to U.S. Navy, 30 June 1933[5]
General characteristics
Class and type	Tucker-class destroyer
Displacement	1,090 long tons (1,110 t)[3] 1,205 long tons (1,224 t) fully loaded[1]
Length	315 ft 3 in (96.09 m)[1]
Beam	30 ft 7 in (9.32 m)[3]
Draft	9 ft 4+1⁄2 in (2.858 m) (mean)[7] 10 ft 5 in (3.18 m) (max)
Installed power	4 × Yarrow boilers 18,000 shp (13,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Curtis geared steam turbines 2 × screw propellers
Speed	29.5 kn (33.9 mph; 54.6 km/h)[1] 29.58 kn (34.04 mph; 54.78 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[7]
Complement	5 officers 96 enlisted[6]
Armament	4 × 4 in (100 mm)/50 caliber guns 8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (4 × 2)

USS Porter (Destroyer No. 59/DD-59) was a Tucker-class destroyer built for the United States Navy prior to the American entry into World War I. The ship was the second U.S. Navy vessel named in honor of both David Porter and his son David Dixon Porter.

Porter was laid down by the William Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia, in August 1914 and launched in August of the following year. The ship was a little more than 315 feet (96 m) in length, just over 30 feet (9.1 m) abeam, and had a standard displacement of 1,090 long tons (1,110 t). She was armed with four 4-inch (10 cm) guns and had eight 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes. Porter was powered by a pair of steam turbines that propelled her at up to 29.5 knots (54.6 km/h).

After her April 1916 commissioning, Porter conducted her shakedown cruise in the Caribbean. After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, Porter was part of the first U.S. destroyer squadron sent overseas. Patrolling the Irish and Celtic Sea out of Queenstown, Ireland, Porter severely damaged the German submarine U-108 in April 1918.

Upon returning to the United States after the war, Porter operated off the east coast until she was decommissioned in June 1922. In June 1924, Porter was transferred to the United States Coast Guard to help enforce Prohibition as a part of the "Rum Patrol". She operated under the name USCGC Porter (CG-7) until 1933, when she was returned to the Navy. Later that year, the ship was renamed DD-59 to free the name Porter for another destroyer. She was sold for scrap in August 1934.