Sampson Class Destroyer (1916)

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Six Sampson class destroyers were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1916 and 1917.

Overview of 6 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Builder Laid Down Launched Completed Fate
Sampson Fore River 21 Apr, 1915 4 Mar, 1916 27 Jun, 1916
Rowan Fore River 10 May, 1915 23 Mar, 1916 19 Aug, 1916
Davis Bath Iron Works 7 May, 1915 15 Aug, 1916 5 Oct, 1916
Allen Bath Iron Works 10 May, 1915 5 Dec, 1916 24 Jan, 1917
Wilkes William Cramp & Sons 11 Mar, 1915 18 May, 1916 10 Nov, 1916
Shaw Mare Island 7 Feb, 1916 9 Dec, 1916 9 Apr, 1917

Design & Construction

Performance

Searchlights

Armament

See Also

Footnotes

Bibliography

  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com).


Sampson Class Destroyer
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