USS Paulding

USS Paulding (DD-22) port side, camouflaged, Queenstown, Ireland, 1918
History
United States
NamePaulding
NamesakeRear Admiral Hiram A. Paulding
BuilderBath Iron Works Bath, Maine
Cost$652,928.16[1]
Laid down24 July 1909
Launched12 April 1910
Sponsored byMiss Emma Paulding
Commissioned29 September 1910
DecommissionedAugust 1919
Stricken28 June 1934
Identification
FateTransferred to the United States Coast Guard, returned 1930 and scrapped in 1934
United States
NamePaulding
Acquired28 April 1924[2]
Commissioned23 January 1925[2]
Decommissioned18 October 1930[2]
IdentificationHull symbol:CG-17
FateTransferred back to the United States Navy, 18 October 1930[2]
General characteristics [3]
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)
  • 30.80 kn (35.44 mph; 57.04 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[4]
Complement4 officers 87 enlisted
Armament

USS Paulding (DD-22) was the lead ship of Paulding-class destroyers in the United States Navy. She was named for Rear Admiral Hiram A. Paulding (1797-1878). She was in commission from 1910 to 1919 and saw service in World War I.

After her Navy service, Paulding served in the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Paulding (CG-17) from 1924 to 1930.

  1. ^ "Table 21 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 762. 1921.
  2. ^ a b c d Record of Movements Vessels of the United States Coast Guard 1790 -December 31, 1933 (PDF). Washington: TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 1989. p. 436.
  3. ^ "USS Paulding (DD-22)". Navsource.org. Retrieved June 16, 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Table 11 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 731. 1921.