Hull Number: DD-1
Launch Date: 08/27/2001
Commissioned Date: 11/24/2002
Decommissioned Date: 07/03/2019
Class: BAINBRIDGE (1902)
BAINBRIDGE (1902) Class
Data for USS Bainbridge (DD-1) as of 1912
Length Overall: 250' 0"
Beam: 23' 8"
Draft: 6' 6"
Standard Displacement: 420 tons
Full Load Displacement: 592 tons
Fuel capacity: 181 tons/coal
Armament:
Two 3″/50 caliber rapid fire guns
Five 6 pounders
Two 18″ torpedo tubes
Complement:
3 Officers
72 Enlisted
Propulsion:
4 Boilers
2 Vertical expansion engines: 8,000 horsepower
Highest speed on trials: 28.4 knots
Namesake: WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE
WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (Published 1959)
Born in Princeton, NJ, 7 May 1774, William Bainbridge was appointed Lieutenant in the Navy 3 August 1798. He performed distinguished service in the war, with France and commanded the frigate Philadelphia when she ran aground and was captured in the harbor of Tripoli 29 December 1803. Bainbridge was held prisoner by the Tripolitans until 3 June 1805. During the War of 1812 he commanded Constitution and, on 26 December 1812, he engaged and captured HMS Java. Between 1824 and 1827 he was a Navy Commissioner. Commodore Bainbridge died in Philadelphia 28 July 1833 and was buried at Christ Church, Philadelphia.
Disposition:
Sold 01/03/1920 to J.G. Hitner, Philadelphia. Scrapped.