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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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| {{US-O'Brien}} | |||
|[[William Cramp & Sons]] | |||
|8 Sep, 1913 | |||
|20 Jul, 1914 | |||
|22 May, 1915 | |||
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| {{US-Nicholson}} | |||
|[[William Cramp & Sons]] | |||
|8 Sep, 1913 | |||
|19 Aug, 1914 | |||
|30 Apr, 1915 | |||
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| {{US-Winslow}} | |||
|[[William Cramp & Sons]] | |||
|1 Oct, 1913 | |||
|11 Feb, 1915 | |||
|7 Aug, 1915 | |||
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| {{US-McDougal}} | |||
|[[Bath Iron Works]] | |||
|29 Jul, 1913 | |||
|22 Apr, 1914 | |||
|16 Jun, 1914 | |||
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| {{US-Cushing}} | |||
|[[Fore River Shipbuilding Company|Fore River Shipbuilding]] | |||
|23 Sep, 1913 | |||
|16 Jan, 1915 | |||
|21 Aug, 1915 | |||
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| {{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== | ||
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 | |||||
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| 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).
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| <– | Cassin Class | Destroyers (US) | Tucker Class | –> | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
