&sq=&lang=&file=File:USSTruxtunDD14.jpg) USS Truxtun (DD-14)
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| History | |
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 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) |
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| Speed | 29.6 kn (34.1 mph; 54.8 km/h) |
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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.
- ^ "Collier's, Volume 27". Number 22. 31 August 1901. p. 9. Retrieved June 14, 2015.
- ^ "USS Truxtun (DD-14)". Navsource.org. Retrieved June 14, 2015.