Caldwell Class Destroyer (1917)

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Six flush-deck Caldwell class destroyers were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1917 and 1918, soon after its entry into the war in April, 1917. Four of the six ships would travel to Ireland to help the war effort.

The Caldwells would be followed by huge orders for Wickes and Clemson class destroyers based on their design, but this paroxysm of construction would almost entirely miss its chance to help in the war.

Overview of 6 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Builder Laid Down Launched Completed Fate
Caldwell Mare Island 9 Dec, 1916 10 Jul, 1917 1 Dec, 1917
Craven Norfolk 20 Nov, 1917 29 Jun, 1918 19 Oct, 1918 Scuttled May, 1946
Gwin Seattle Construction 21 Jun, 1917 22 Dec, 1917 18 Mar, 1920
Conner William Cramp & Sons 16 Oct, 1916 21 Aug, 1917 12 Jan, 1918 Broken up Mar, 1947
Stockton William Cramp & Sons 16 Oct, 1916 17 Jul, 1917 26 Nov, 1917 Broken up May, 1945
Manley Bath Iron Works 22 Aug, 1916 23 Aug, 1917 15 Oct, 1917 Stricken 5 Dec, 1945

Design & Construction

Performance

Searchlights

Armament

See Also

Footnotes

Bibliography

  • Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
  • Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com).


Caldwell Class Destroyer
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