Dobbin Class Tender (1921)

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Three Dobbin class tenders were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1924.

Overview of three vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name Hull No. Builder Laid Down Launched Completed Fate
Dobbin AD-3 Philadelphia NY 23 Dec, 1919 5 May, 1921 23 Jul, 1924 Transferred 24 Dec, 1946
Whitney AD-4 Boston NY 23 Apr, 1919 12 Oct, 1923 2 Sep, 1924 Sold 18 Mar, 1948
Holland AS-3 Puget Sound NY 11 Apr, 1921 12 Apr, 1926 1 Jun, 1926 Sold 3 Oct, 1953

Design & Construction

Performance

Armament

  • eight 5-inch/51 caliber
  • four 3-inch/50 caliber AA guns
  • two 6-pounders
  • two 21-inch torpedo tubes (Holland one tube only)[1]

See Also

Footnotes

  1. Silverstone. The New Navy. pp. 125-126.

Bibliography

  • Silverstone, Paul H. (2006). The U.S. Navy Warship Series: The New Navy 1883-1922. New York: Routledge.


Dobbin Class Depot Ship
  Dobbin Whitney Holland