USS Wainwright (DD-62)

USS Wainwright, c. 1916–1922
History
United States
Name	USS Wainwright
Namesake	Jonathan Wainwright[1] Jonathan Wainwright, Jr. Richard Wainwright
Ordered	1913[3]
Builder	New York Shipbuilding[1] Camden, New Jersey
Yard number	151[2]
Laid down	1 September 1914[1]
Launched	12 June 1915[1]
Sponsored by	Miss Evelyn Wainwright Turpin[1]
Commissioned	12 May 1916[1]
Decommissioned	3 June 1922[1]
Stricken	2 April 1926[1]
Identification	DD-62
Fate	transferred to U.S. Coast Guard, 2 April 1926[1]
Acquired	returned from U.S. Coast Guard, 27 April 1934[1]
Reinstated	27 April 1934[1]
Stricken	5 July 1934[1]
Fate	Sold on 22 August 1934
United States
Name	USCGC Wainwright
Acquired	2 April 1926[4]
Commissioned	30 July 1926, New London, Connecticut[4]
Decommissioned	29 March 1934[4]
Identification	CG-24
Fate	returned to U.S. Navy, 27 April 1934[1]
General characteristics
Class and type	Tucker-class destroyer
Displacement	1,060 long tons (1,080 t)[3] 1,205 long tons (1,224 t) fully loaded
Length	315 ft 3 in (96.09 m)[1]
Beam	29 ft 9 in (9.07 m)[3]
Draft	9 ft 4 in (2.84 m)[3]
Propulsion	2 × screw propellers 2 × Curtis geared steam turbines, 17,000 shp (13,000 kW) 4 × Yarrow boilers
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h)[1]
Complement	99 officers and enlisted[1]
Armament	4 × 4 in (102 mm)/50 gun[3] 8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Wainwright (Destroyer No. 62/DD-62) was a Tucker-class destroyer built for the United States Navy prior to the American entry into World War I. The ship was the first U.S. Navy vessel named in honor of U.S. Navy officers Jonathan Wainwright, his cousin, Commander Richard Wainwright, and his son, Jonathan Wainwright, Jr..

Wainwright was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding of Camden, New Jersey, in September 1914 and launched in June of the following year. The ship was a little more than 315 feet (96 m) in length, just under 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. Wainwright was powered by a pair of steam turbines that propelled her at up to 30 knots (56 km/h).

After her May 1916 commissioning, Wainwright sailed in the Atlantic and the Caribbean. After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, Wainwright was part of the first U.S. destroyer squadron sent overseas. Patrolling the Irish Sea out of Queenstown, Ireland, Wainwright made several unsuccessful attacks on U-boats, and rescued survivors of several ships sunk by the German craft.

Upon returning to the United States after the war, Wainwright resumed operations with the destroyers of the Atlantic Fleet until May 1922, when she was decommissioned. In April 1926, Wainwright 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 Wainwright (CG-24) until April 1934, when she was returned to the Navy. She was sold for scrap in August 1934.