Caldwell Class Destroyer (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.

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

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).