![]() USS Paulding at Queenstown, Ireland in 1918
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Class overview | |
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Name | Paulding class |
Builders | Various |
Operators | |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Armament |
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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.
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