![]() USS Truxtun
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Class overview | |
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Name | Truxtun class |
Builders | Maryland Steel Company, Sparrows Point, Maryland |
Operators | ![]() |
Preceded by | Bainbridge class |
Succeeded by | Smith class |
Built | 1899–1902 |
In commission | 1902–1919 |
Completed | 3 |
Retired | 3 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Destroyer |
Displacement |
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Length | 259 ft 6 in (79.10 m) |
Beam | 22 ft 3 in (6.78 m) |
Draft | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
Installed power |
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Propulsion | 2 × shafts |
Speed | 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) (design) |
Capacity | 175 long tons (178 t) coal (fuel) |
Complement |
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Armament |
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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.