Cassin class destroyer
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.JPG/300px-USS_Cassin_(DD-43).JPG) USS Cassin (DD-43) |
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Cassin class destroyer |
| Operators: |  United States Navy United States Coast Guard |
| Preceded by: | Paulding class destroyer |
| Succeeded by: | Aylwin class destroyer |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Retired: | 4 |
| Preserved: | 0 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,020 tons (normal) 1,139 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 305 ft 3 in |
| Beam: | 30 ft 4 in |
| Draft: | 9 ft 3 in |
| Propulsion: | 4 Boilers 2 Parsons Turbines 15,307 horsepower |
| Speed: | 30.1 knots |
| Capacity: | 312 tons/oil (fuel) |
| Complement: | 8 Officers 8 Chief Petty Officers 90 Enlisted |
| Armament: | Four 4"/50 caliber guns Four 18" twin torpedo tubes |
Four destroyers in the United States Navy formed the Cassin-class. All served as convoy escorts during World War I. The Cassins were the first of six "second-generation" 1000-ton four-stack destroyer classes that were front-line ships of the Navy until the 1930s.
They were the first to carry the new 4 inch (102 mm) gun. The number of torpedo tubes were doubled from the four carried by the Paulding-class to eight. The additional armament significantly increased their tonnage to over 1,000 tons and decreased their speed to less than thirty knots (56 km/h).
The Aylwin-class was built concurrently, and those four ships are often considered to be Cassins.
[edit] List of Cassin class destroyers
- USS Cassin (DD-43) (1913-1934)
- USS Cummings (DD-44) (1913-1934)
- USS Downes (DD-45) (1915-1934)
- USS Duncan (DD-46) (1913-1935)
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