Dobbin Class Tender (1921)

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Three Dobbin class tenders were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1924.

[hide]Overview of three vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Hull No. Builder Laid Down Launched Completed Fate
Dobbin AD-3 Philadelphia NY 23 Dec, 1919 5 May, 1921 23 Jul, 1924 Transferred 24 Dec, 1946
Whitney AD-4 Boston NY 23 Apr, 1919 12 Oct, 1923 2 Sep, 1924 Sold 18 Mar, 1948
Holland AS-3 Puget Sound NY 11 Apr, 1921 12 Apr, 1926 1 Jun, 1926 Sold 3 Oct, 1953

Design & Construction

Performance

Armament

  • eight 5-inch/51 caliber
  • four 3-inch/50 caliber AA guns
  • two 6-pounders
  • two 21-inch torpedo tubes (Holland one tube only)[1]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Silverstone. The New Navy. pp. 125-126.

Bibliography

  • Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.


Dobbin Class Depot Ship
  Dobbin Whitney Holland