Launched: 1918 Displacement: 1190 tons
Length: 314ft. Beam: 30ft. Speed: 35kts. Draft: 9ft. Endurance: 2,500 nm (20 kt)
Armament: Guns: 4x5in/50 AA: 3x20mm Oerlikons Torpedo Tubes: 4x3 21in
This large class of World-War I destroyers as well as the Wickes class was retained by the U.S. Navy, though many were kept in mothballs until the start of World War II, at which time 50 were given to England in exchange for basing rights.
These ships were considered obsolete even when they were built and many were converted to mine sweepers and fast transports.
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