| Cassin-class destroyer | |
|---|---|
 USS Cassin (DD-43) | |
| Class overview | |
| Name: | Cassin-class destroyer |
| Operators: |
 United States Navy United States Coast Guard |
| Preceded by: | Paulding class destroyer |
| Succeeded by: | Aylwin class destroyer |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Retired: | 4 |
| Preserved: | 0 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Destroyer |
| Displacement: |
1,020 tons (normal) 1,139 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 305 ft 3 in |
| Beam: | 30 ft 4 in |
| Draft: | 9 ft 3 in |
| Propulsion: |
4 Boilers 2 Parsons Turbines 15,307 hp (11,414 kW) |
| Speed: | 30.1 knots |
| Capacity: | 312 tons/oil (fuel) |
| Complement: |
8 Officers 8 Chief Petty Officers 90 Enlisted |
| Armament: |
Four 4"/50 caliber guns Four 18" twin torpedo tubes |
Four destroyers in the United States Navy formed the Cassin-class. All served as convoy escorts during World War I. The Cassins were the first of six "second-generation" 1000-ton four-stack destroyer classes that were front-line ships of the Navy until the 1930s.
They were the first to carry the new 4 inch (102 mm) gun. The number of torpedo tubes were doubled from the four carried by the Paulding-class to eight. The additional armament significantly increased their tonnage to over 1,000 tons and decreased their speed to less than thirty knots (56 km/h).
The Aylwin-class was built concurrently, and those four ships are often considered to be Cassins.
Ships in class[]
- USS Cassin (DD-43) (1913-1934)
- USS Cummings (DD-44) (1913-1934)
- USS Downes (DD-45) (1915-1934)
- USS Duncan (DD-46) (1913-1935)
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