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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TORPEDO SHIPS
TUCKER destroyers (1915 - 1916)
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Jacob Jones 1915
Ships
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DD57, 3.1926- CG23, 6.1933- DD57 | Tucker, 11.1933- unnamed | 226 | Fore River, Quincy | 11.1914 | 4.5.1915 | 4.1916 | Coast Guard cutter 3.1926, destroyer 6.1933, stricken 10.1936 |
| DD58, 6.1924- CG2, 6.1933- DD58 | Conyngham, 11.1933- unnamed | 419 | Cramp, Philadelphia | 7.1914 | 8.7.1915 | 1.1916 | Coast Guard cutter 6.1924, destroyer 6.1933, stricken 7.1934 |
| DD59, 6.1924- CG7, 6.1933- DD59 | Porter, 7.1933- unnamed | 420 | Cramp, Philadelphia | 8.1914 | 26.7.1915 | 4.1916 | Coast Guard cutter 6.1924, destroyer 6.1933, stricken 7.1934 |
| DD60 | Wadsworth | 64 | Bath Iron Wks | 2.1914 | 29.4.1915 | 7.1915 | stricken 1.1936 |
| DD61 | Jacob Jones | 150 | New York SB, Camden | 1914 | 29.5.1915 | 2/1916 | sunk 6.12.1917 |
| DD62, 4.1926- CG24, 4.1934- DD62 | Wainwright | 151 | New York SB, Camden | 9.1914 | 12.6.1915 | 5.1916 | Coast Guard cutter 4.1926, destroyer 4.1934, stricken 7.1934 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | DD57 - 59: 1090 DD60: 1060 DD61, 62: 1150 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 1205 |
| Length, m | 96.1 |
| Breadth, m | DD57, 60, 62: 9.10 DD58, 59: 9.30 |
| Draught, m | DD57 - 59, 62: 2.90 DD60: 2.80 |
| No of shafts | 2 |
| Machinery | DD57 - 59, 61, 62: 2 Curtis steam turbines / 1 stream turbine for cruising, 4 Yarrow boilers DD60: 2 sets Curtis geared steam turbines, 4 Yarrow boilers |
| Power, h. p. | DD57, 61, 62: 17000 DD58, 59: 18000 DD60: 17500 |
| Max speed, kts | 29.5 |
| Fuel, t | oil 310 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 2500(20) |
| Armament | 4 x 1 - 102/50 Mk IX, 4 x 2 - 533 TT, 2 DCR |
| Complement | 99 |
Standard scale images
nearly sister-ship Nicholson 1915
Graphics
Jacob Jones 1915
Project history
Last class of '1000-tonners' , direct predecessors of 'flushdeckers', differing from them only by hull form (with a forecastle).
Modernizations
1917 - 1918, all: + 1 DCT (Y-gun)
Naval service
About half of ships of this class served in the European waters in 1917-1918. Wadsworth was a leader of USN destroyers in British waters since April, 1917. Jacob Jones was torpedoed off Scilly island by German submarine U53 6.12.1917.
