Sampson 1916
Allen 1942
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| DD63 | Sampson | 242 | Fore River, Quincy | 4.1915 | 4.3.1916 | 6.1916 | stricken 1.1936 |
| DD64 | Rowan | 243 | Fore River, Quincy | 5.1915 | 23.3.1916 | 8.1916 | stricken 1.1936 |
| DD65, 3.1926- CG21, 6.1933- DD65 | Davis | 67 | Bath Iron Wks | 5.1915 | 15.8.1916 | 10.1916 | Coast Guard cutter 3.1926, destroyer 6.1933, stricken 7.1934 |
| DD66 | Allen | 68 | Bath Iron Wks | 5.1915 | 5.12.1916 | 1.1917 | stricken 11.1945 |
| DD67, 3.1926- CG25, 4.1934- DD67 | Wilkes | 422 | Cramp, Philadelphia | 3.1915 | 18.5.1916 | 11.1916 | Coast Guard cutter 3.1926, destroyer 4.1934, stricken 7.1934 |
| DD68, 3.1926- CG22, 6.1933- DD68 | Shaw, 11.1933- unnamed | Mare Island N Yd, Vallejo | 2.1916 | 9.12.1916 | 4.1917 | Coast Guard cutter 3.1926, destroyer 6.1933, stricken 7.1934 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1100 |
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Displacement full, t |
1225 |
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Length, m |
96.1 |
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Breadth, m |
9.10 |
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Draught, m |
2.90 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
DD63 - 65: 2 Curtis steam turbines / 2 steam turbines for cruising, 4 Yarrow boilers DD66 - 68: 2 Curtis steam turbines / 1 steam turbine for cruising, 4 Yarrow boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
17500 |
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Max speed, kts |
29.5 |
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Fuel, t |
oil 310 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
4300(14) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 102/50 Mk IX, 2 x 1 - 37/43 Mk VI/VII, 4 x 3 - 533 TT, 2 DCR |
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Complement |
99 |
Project history: The last of the 'thousand tonners', these six ships were authorized in June 1914. They incorporated both AA weapons (two 1pdr) and a new triple 533mm TT, which had been incorporated in the characteristics for Destroyer 1916, ie for the ships to be authorized in 1915, which became the Caldwell class.
DD 66-68 each had a single cruising turbine that could be geared to one shaft. The other ships all had paired cruising turbines.
Modernizations: 1917 - 1918, all: - 1 x 1 - 37/43 (on most ships); + 1 DCT (Y-gun)
1930s, all survived: - (1 - 2) x 1 - 37/43; + 2 x 1 - 12.7/90
1942 - 1943, Allen: - 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 533 TT, 1 DCT (Y-gun); + 6 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4, 6 DCT, presumably SA, SE radars; displacement increased to 1152/1433t.
Naval service: About half of ships of this class served in the European waters in 1917-1918.
Allen
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