USS Bainbridge DD-1 |
Type: |
Destroyer |
Class: |
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Builder: |
Neafie & Levy Ship and Engine Building Co. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Hull Number: |
Destroyer #1 DD-1 (July 17, 1920) |
Ordered: |
N/A |
Commissioned: |
November 24, 1902 (reserve) February 12, 1903 (full) |
Keel Laid: |
August 15, 1899 |
Decommissioned: |
July 3, 1919 |
Launched: |
August 27, 1901 |
Stricken: |
September 15, 1919 |
Fate: |
Sold Jan. 3, 1920 and scrapped. |
Dimensions, Machinery and Performance |
Length: |
250' |
Engines: |
2 x Vertical, Inverted, Triple Expansion |
Beam: |
23' 7" |
Boilers: |
4 x Thornycroft (coal fired) |
Draft: |
9' 3" |
Shafts: |
2 |
Displacement: |
420 std. / 592 full |
SHP: |
8,000 |
Speed: |
29 knots |
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Crew: |
75 |
Range: |
N/A |
Armament As Built |
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Number Carried
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Type
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Arrangement
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Maximum Range / Ceiling
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2 |
3"/50 (76mm) |
Single mounts |
14,600 yards @ 43° (8.2 miles) AA ceiling 30,400' 13 lb. HE shell |
5 |
2.2" (57mm) 6 pounder |
Single mounts |
8,700 yards @ 45° (4.9 miles) 10,000 AA ceiling 6.3 lb. HE shell |
2 |
18" Torpedo tubes |
Single mounts |
Notes |
Named in honor of Commodore William Bainbridge USN (1774-1833). |
Christened by Mrs. Bertram Greene. |
Builder's Data |
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Page published Apr. 6, 2007 |