Paulding-class destroyer

USS Paulding at Queenstown, Ireland in 1918
Class overview
Name	Paulding class
Builders	Various
Operators	United States Navy  United States Coast Guard
Preceded by	Smith class
Succeeded by	Cassin class
Subclasses	Monaghan
Built	1908–1912
In commission	1910–1931
Completed	21
Retired	21
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	742 long tons (754 t) (normal) 887 long tons (901 t) (full load)
Length	293 ft 0 in (89.31 m) overall
Beam	26 ft 3 in (8.00 m)
Draft	8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
Installed power	4 × oil-fired Normand boilers (other boilers also used) 3 × Parsons direct-drive steam turbines 12,000 shp (8,900 kW) (design)
Propulsion	3 × shafts
Speed	29.5 kn (54.6 km/h; 33.9 mph) (design)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 16 kn (30 km/h; 18 mph)
Capacity	241 long tons (245 t) oil (fuel)
Complement	4 officers 82 enlisted
Armament	5 x 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns 3 x twin 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

The Paulding-class destroyers were a series of United States Navy destroyers derived from the Smith class with the torpedo tubes increased from three to six via twin mounts. They were the first destroyers in the US Navy with oil-fired boilers. The 21 Pauldings doubled the number of destroyers in the US Navy. The Paulding class derived its name from the class's lead ship, Paulding, named for Rear Admiral Hiram Paulding (1797–1878). Like the Smiths, they were nicknamed "flivvers" after the small and shaky Model T Ford once the larger "thousand tonner" destroyers entered service.