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Six flush-deck '''''Caldwell'' class destroyers''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1917 and 1917. | Six flush-deck '''''Caldwell'' class destroyers''' were completed for the [[U.S. Navy]] in 1917 and 1918, soon after its entry into the war in April, 1917. Four of the six ships would travel to Ireland to help the war effort. | ||
<div name=fredbot:ships></div name=fredbot:ships> | The ''Caldwells'' would be followed by huge orders for [[Wickes Class Destroyer (1917)|''Wickes'']] and [[Clemson Class Destroyer (1918)|''Clemson'' class destroyers]] based on their design, but this paroxysm of construction would almost entirely miss its chance to help in the war. | ||
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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 | Name | |||
! align=center | Builder | |||
! align=center | Laid Down | |||
! align=center | Launched | |||
! align=center | Completed | |||
! align=center | Fate | |||
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| {{US-Caldwell}} | |||
|[[Mare Island Navy Yard|Mare Island]] | |||
|9 Dec, 1916 | |||
|10 Jul, 1917 | |||
|1 Dec, 1917 | |||
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|- align=left | |||
| {{US-Craven}} | |||
|[[Norfolk Navy Yard|Norfolk]] | |||
|20 Nov, 1917 | |||
|29 Jun, 1918 | |||
|19 Oct, 1918 | |||
|Scuttled May, 1946 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{US-Gwin}} | |||
|[[Seattle Construction and Drydock Company|Seattle Construction]] | |||
|21 Jun, 1917 | |||
|22 Dec, 1917 | |||
|18 Mar, 1920 | |||
| | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{US-Conner}} | |||
|[[William Cramp & Sons]] | |||
|16 Oct, 1916 | |||
|21 Aug, 1917 | |||
|12 Jan, 1918 | |||
|Broken up Mar, 1947 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{US-Stockton}} | |||
|[[William Cramp & Sons]] | |||
|16 Oct, 1916 | |||
|17 Jul, 1917 | |||
|26 Nov, 1917 | |||
|Broken up May, 1945 | |||
|- align=left | |||
| {{US-Manley}} | |||
|[[Bath Iron Works]] | |||
|22 Aug, 1916 | |||
|23 Aug, 1917 | |||
|15 Oct, 1917 | |||
|Stricken 5 Dec, 1945 | |||
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==Design & Construction== | ==Design & Construction== | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:04, 9 December 2014
Six flush-deck Caldwell class destroyers were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1917 and 1918, soon after its entry into the war in April, 1917. Four of the six ships would travel to Ireland to help the war effort.
The Caldwells would be followed by huge orders for Wickes and Clemson class destroyers based on their design, but this paroxysm of construction would almost entirely miss its chance to help in the war.
| Overview of 6 vessels | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citations for this data available on individual ship pages | |||||
| Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Completed | Fate |
| Caldwell | Mare Island | 9 Dec, 1916 | 10 Jul, 1917 | 1 Dec, 1917 | |
| Craven | Norfolk | 20 Nov, 1917 | 29 Jun, 1918 | 19 Oct, 1918 | Scuttled May, 1946 |
| Gwin | Seattle Construction | 21 Jun, 1917 | 22 Dec, 1917 | 18 Mar, 1920 | |
| Conner | William Cramp & Sons | 16 Oct, 1916 | 21 Aug, 1917 | 12 Jan, 1918 | Broken up Mar, 1947 |
| Stockton | William Cramp & Sons | 16 Oct, 1916 | 17 Jul, 1917 | 26 Nov, 1917 | Broken up May, 1945 |
| Manley | Bath Iron Works | 22 Aug, 1916 | 23 Aug, 1917 | 15 Oct, 1917 | Stricken 5 Dec, 1945 |
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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