Smith class destroyer
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.jpg/300px-USS_Smith_(DD-17).jpg) USS Smith (DD-17) |
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Smith class destroyer |
| Operators: |  United States Navy |
| Preceded by: | Truxtun class destroyer |
| Succeeded by: | Paulding class destroyer |
| Completed: | 5 |
| Retired: | 5 |
| Preserved: | 0 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Displacement: | 700 tons (normal) 902 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 293 ft 10 in |
| Beam: | 26 ft 0 in |
| Draft: | 8 ft 0 in |
| Propulsion: | 4 Boilers 3 Parsons Turbines 10,362 horsepower |
| Speed: | 28.3 knots |
| Capacity: | 298 tons (coal) (fuel) |
| Complement: | 4 Officers 83 Enlisted |
| Armament: | Five 3"/50 caliber rapid fire guns Three 18" torpedo tubes |
The Smith-class destroyers were among the first destroyers in the United States Navy.
Five ships were built using the basic Smith design. However, Flusser and Reid are sometimes considered to be Flusser-class ships.
[edit] List of Smith class destroyers
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