USS Truxtun (DD-14)

USS Truxtun (DD-14)
History
United States
Name	Truxtun
Namesake	Commodore Thomas Truxtun awarded Congressional Gold Medal
Builder	Maryland Steel Company Sparrows Point, Maryland
Laid down	13 November 1899
Launched	15 August 1901
Sponsored by	Miss Isabelle Truxtun, grand daughter of Commodore Tuxtun[1]
Commissioned	11 September 1902
Decommissioned	18 July 1919
Stricken	15 September 1919
Identification	Hull symbol: DD-14
Fate	Sold for merchant service, 3 January 1920, scrapped 1956
General characteristics [2]
Class and type	Truxtun-class destroyer
Displacement	433 long tons (440 t) normal, 605 long tons (615 t) full load
Length	259 ft 6 in (79.10 m)
Beam	23 ft 3 in (7.09 m)
Draft	9 ft 10 in (3.00 m)
Propulsion	4 × boilers, 2 × Vertical expansion engines, 8,300 ihp (6,200 kW) 2 × screws
Speed	29.6 kn (34.1 mph; 54.8 km/h)
Complement	3 Officers 75 Enlisted
Armament	2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns 6 × 6-pounder 57 mm (2.2 in) guns 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

The second USS Truxtun (DD-14) was the lead ship of Truxtun-class destroyers in the United States Navy. She was named for Commodore Thomas Truxtun.

Truxtun was laid down on 13 November 1899 at Sparrows Point, Maryland, by the Maryland Steel Company; launched on 15 August 1901; sponsored by Miss Isabelle Truxtun; and commissioned on 11 September 1902.