Truxtun-class destroyer

USS Truxtun
Class overview
Name	Truxtun class
Builders	Maryland Steel Company, Sparrows Point, Maryland
Operators	United States Navy
Preceded by	Bainbridge class
Succeeded by	Smith class
Built	1899–1902
In commission	1902–1919
Completed	3
Retired	3
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	433 long tons (440 t) normal 605 long tons (615 t) full load
Length	259 ft 6 in (79.10 m)
Beam	22 ft 3 in (6.78 m)
Draft	6 ft (1.8 m)
Installed power	4 × coal-fired Thornycroft boilers 2 × vertical triple-expansion engines 8,300 ihp (6,200 kW) (design)
Propulsion	2 × shafts
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (design)
Capacity	175 long tons (178 t) coal (fuel)
Complement	3 officers 75 enlisted
Armament	2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns 6 × 6-pounder (57 mm) guns 2 × 18-inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes, four torpedoes

Three Truxtun-class destroyers were built for the United States Navy. Part of the original 16 destroyers authorized by Congress on 4 May 1898 for the fiscal year 1899 program, they were commissioned in 1902.^[1] They were very similar to their Bainbridge-class contemporaries, except for mounting six 6-pounder (57 mm) guns instead of five. They were considered the most successful of the first 16 US Navy destroyers, and were succeeded by the larger Smith class.^[1]

The Truxtuns escorted convoys during World War I. All were decommissioned in 1919 and converted to merchant vessels in 1920.