Cassin Class Destroyer (1912)

Eight Cassin class destroyers were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1913 and 1914. They were first American destroyers to step up to the 1,000 ton displacement which would become the standard for her World War I destroyers.

Overview of 8 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Cassin	Bath Iron Works	1 May, 1912	20 May, 1913	9 Aug, 1913
Cummings	Bath Iron Works	21 May, 1912	6 Aug, 1913	19 Sep, 1913
Downes	New York Shipbuilding	27 Jun, 1912	8 Nov, 1913	11 Feb, 1915
Duncan	Fore River	17 Jun, 1912	5 Apr, 1913	30 Aug, 1913
Aylwin	William Cramp & Sons	7 Mar, 1912	23 Nov, 1912	17 Jan, 1914
Parker	William Cramp & Sons	11 Mar, 1912	8 Feb, 1913	30 Dec, 1913
Benham	William Cramp & Sons	14 Mar, 1912	22 Mar, 1913	20 Jan, 1914
Balch	William Cramp & Sons	7 May, 1912	21 Dec, 1912	26 Mar, 1914

See Also

• Wikipedia

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).