Aylwin-class destroyer

USS Aylwin circa 1916–17
Class overview
Name	Aylwin class
Builders	William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	Cassin class
Succeeded by	O'Brien class
Built	1912–14
In commission	1913–22
Completed	4
Retired	4
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1,036 tons (normal) 1,165 (full load)
Length	305 ft 3 in (93.04 m)
Beam	30 ft 4 in (9.25 m)
Draft	9 ft 5 in (2.87 m)
Installed power	4 × White-Forster boilers 2 × direct-drive Cramp steam turbines 16,000 shp (12,000 kW) (design)
Propulsion	2 × shafts
Speed	29.6 kn (54.8 km/h; 34.1 mph) (trials)
Capacity	307 tons oil (fuel)
Complement	8 officers 8 Chief Petty Officers 90 enlisted
Armament	4 x 4 in (102 mm)/50 caliber guns 4 x twin 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

The Aylwin class was a class of four destroyers in the United States Navy; all served as convoy escorts during World War I. The Aylwins were the second of five "second-generation" 1000-ton four-stack destroyer classes that were front-line ships of the Navy until the 1920s. They were known as "thousand tonners". All were scrapped in 1935 to comply with the London Naval Treaty.^[1]

All four ships were built by William Cramp & Sons in Philadelphia.^[2]

These ships were built concurrently with the Cassin class and in some references are considered to be in that class. In design and armament they were essentially repeats of the Cassin class.^[1]