Truxtun 1902
| No | Name | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| DD14 | Truxtun | 21 | Maryland Steel, Sparrows Point | 11/1899 | 15.8.1901 | 9/1902 | stricken 9.1919 |
| DD15 | Whipple | 22 | Maryland Steel, Sparrows Point | 11/1899 | 15.8.1901 | 10/1902 | stricken 9.1919 |
| DD16 | Worden | 23 | Maryland Steel, Sparrows Point | 11/1899 | 15.8.1901 | 12/1902 | stricken 9.1919 |
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Displacement normal, t |
433 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
79.1 |
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Breadth, m |
7.08 |
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Draught, m |
1.83 mean |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 VTE, 4 Thornycroft boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
8300 |
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Max speed, kts |
30 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 171 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 76/50 Mk III/V/VI, 6 x 1 - 57/50 Driggs-Schroeder Mk II/III, 2 x 1 - 450 TT (4) |
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Complement |
73 |
Project history: Authorized under the Act of 4.5.1898. Resembled Hopkins class but funnels were lower. Truxtun being the fastest on trials with 29.58 kts.
Modernizations: 1910s, Truxtun, Worden: - 2 x 1 - 450 TT; + 2 x 2 - 450 TT
1910s, Whipple: - 2 x 1 - 450TT; + 1 x 2 - 450 TT
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014