O'Brien Class Destroyer (1914)

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

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).