USS Bainbridge (DD-1)

USS Bainbridge in an Asiatic port c. 1915-1916.
History
United States
NameBainbridge
NamesakeCommodore William Bainbridge awarded Congressional Gold Medal
Ordered4 May 1898
Awarded1 October 1898
BuilderNeafie and Levy Ship and Engine Building Company
Laid down15 August 1899
Launched27 August 1901
Commissioned24 November 1902
Decommissioned17 January 1907
Commissioned2 April 1908
Decommissioned24 April 1912
Commissioned1 April 1913
Decommissioned3 July 1919
Stricken15 September 1919
FateSold for mercantile service, 3 January 1920
General characteristics
Class & typeBainbridge-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 420 long tons (430 tonnes) (standard load)
  • 631 long tons (641 t) (designed full load)
  • 710.5 long tons (721.9 t) (actual full load)
Length
  • 245 ft (74.7 m) (pp)
  • 250 ft (76.2 m) (oa)
Beam23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft
  • 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) (mean)
  • 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) (max)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed
  • 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph) (designed speed)
  • 28.45 kn (52.69 km/h; 32.74 mph) (On trials)
Complement
  • 4 officers
  • 69 enlisted men
Armament

The second USS Bainbridge was the first destroyer, also called "Torpedo-boat destroyers", in the United States Navy and the lead ship of the Bainbridge-class. She was named for William Bainbridge. Bainbridge was commissioned 12 February 1903. She served in the Asiatic Fleet before World War I and served in patrol and convoy duty during the war. She was decommissioned 3 July 1919.

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