USS Chauncey (DD-3)

USS Chauncey photographed prior to World War I.
History
United States
Name	Chauncey
Namesake	Commedore Isaac Chauncey
Ordered	4 May 1898
Awarded	1 October 1898
Builder	Neafie and Levy Ship and Engine Building Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Laid down	2 December 1899
Launched	26 October 1901
Commissioned	20 November 1902 (reduced commission)
Decommissioned	2 December 1902 (placed in reserve)
Commissioned	21 February 1903
Decommissioned	3 December 1905
Commissioned	12 January 1907
Out of service	19 November 1917
Stricken	17 December 1917
Fate	Sunk in collision with cargo ship SS Rose 110 miles (180 kilometres) west of Gibraltar 19 November 1917
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Bainbridge-class destroyer
Displacement	420 long tons (430 t) (standard) 592 long tons (601 t) (full load)
Length	245 ft (74.7 m) (pp) 250 ft (76.2 m) (oa)
Beam	23 ft 7 in (7.2 m)
Draft	6 ft 6 in (2 m) (mean)
Installed power	4 × Thornycroft boilers 8,000 ihp (6,000 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Vertical triple expansion engines 2 × Propellers
Speed	29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph) (designed speed)
Complement	3 officers 72 enlisted men
Armament	2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns 5 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) guns 2 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes

The first USS Chauncey was a Bainbridge-class destroyer, also referred to as a "Torpedo-boat destroyer", in the United States Navy named for Commodore Isaac Chauncey. She was launched in 1901 and sunk in 1917.