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Six '''''O'Brien'' class destroyers''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1914 and 1915.  They were improved versions of the previous [[Cassin Class Destroyer (1912)|''Cassin'' class]] and increased the size of torpedoes to 21-in.
Six '''''O'Brien'' class destroyers''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1914 and 1915.  They were improved versions of the previous [[Cassin Class Destroyer (1912)|''Cassin'' class]] and increased the size of torpedoes to 21-in.


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! colspan=6 align=left|Overview of 6 vessels
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| colspan=6 align=left|<small>Citations for this data available on individual ship pages</small>
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! align=center | Launched
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| {{US-O'Brien}}
|[[William Cramp & Sons]]
|8 Sep, 1913
|20 Jul, 1914
|22 May, 1915
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|- align=left
| {{US-Nicholson}}
|[[William Cramp & Sons]]
|8 Sep, 1913
|19 Aug, 1914
|30 Apr, 1915
|
|- align=left
| {{US-Winslow}}
|[[William Cramp & Sons]]
|1 Oct, 1913
|11 Feb, 1915
|7 Aug, 1915
|
|- align=left
| {{US-McDougal}}
|[[Bath Iron Works]]
|29 Jul, 1913
|22 Apr, 1914
|16 Jun, 1914
|
|- align=left
| {{US-Cushing}}
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company|Fore River Shipbuilding]]
|23 Sep, 1913
|16 Jan, 1915
|21 Aug, 1915
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|- align=left
| {{US-Ericsson}}
|[[New York Shipbuilding Corporation|New York Shipbuilding]]
|10 Nov, 1913
|22 Aug, 1914
|14 Aug, 1915
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==Design & Construction==
==Design & Construction==
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Latest revision as of 20:07, 1 November 2014

Six O'Brien class destroyers were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1914 and 1915. They were improved versions of the previous Cassin class and increased the size of torpedoes to 21-in.

Overview of 6 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Builder Laid Down Launched Completed Fate
O'Brien William Cramp & Sons 8 Sep, 1913 20 Jul, 1914 22 May, 1915
Nicholson William Cramp & Sons 8 Sep, 1913 19 Aug, 1914 30 Apr, 1915
Winslow William Cramp & Sons 1 Oct, 1913 11 Feb, 1915 7 Aug, 1915
McDougal Bath Iron Works 29 Jul, 1913 22 Apr, 1914 16 Jun, 1914
Cushing Fore River Shipbuilding 23 Sep, 1913 16 Jan, 1915 21 Aug, 1915
Ericsson New York Shipbuilding 10 Nov, 1913 22 Aug, 1914 14 Aug, 1915

Design & Construction

Performance

Searchlights

Armament

See Also

Footnotes

Bibliography

  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com).


O'Brien Class Destroyer
  O'Brien Nicholson Winslow  
  McDougal Cushing Ericsson  
<– Cassin Class Destroyers (US) Tucker Class –>



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