Cassin Class Destroyer (1912)
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Jump to navigationJump to searchEight Cassin class destroyers were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1913 and 1914. They were first American destroyers to step up to the 1,000 ton displacement which would become the standard for her World War I destroyers.
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Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
Cassin | Bath Iron Works | 1 May, 1912 | 20 May, 1913 | 9 Aug, 1913 | |
Cummings | Bath Iron Works | 21 May, 1912 | 6 Aug, 1913 | 19 Sep, 1913 | |
Downes | New York Shipbuilding | 27 Jun, 1912 | 8 Nov, 1913 | 11 Feb, 1915 | |
Duncan | Fore River | 17 Jun, 1912 | 5 Apr, 1913 | 30 Aug, 1913 | |
Aylwin | William Cramp & Sons | 7 Mar, 1912 | 23 Nov, 1912 | 17 Jan, 1914 | |
Parker | William Cramp & Sons | 11 Mar, 1912 | 8 Feb, 1913 | 30 Dec, 1913 | |
Benham | William Cramp & Sons | 14 Mar, 1912 | 22 Mar, 1913 | 20 Jan, 1914 | |
Balch | William Cramp & Sons | 7 May, 1912 | 21 Dec, 1912 | 26 Mar, 1914 |
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).
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