USS Chauncey (DD-3)
USS Chauncey |
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| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Chauncey |
| Namesake: | Commodore Isaac Chauncey |
| Builder: | Neafie and Levy Ship and Engine Building Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Launched: | 26 October 1901 |
| Commissioned: | 21 February 1903 |
| Fate: | Sunk following an accident on 19 November 1917. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Bainbridge-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 420 long tons (430 t) |
| Length: | 250 ft (76 m) |
| Beam: | 23 ft 7 in (7,190 mm) |
| Draft: | 6 ft 6 in (1,980 mm) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × reciprocating engines 2 × shafts |
| Speed: | 29 kn (33 mph; 54 km/h) |
| Complement: | 75 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns, 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes |
The first USS Chauncey (DD-3) (originally "Destroyer No. 3") was a Bainbridge-class destroyer in the United States Navy named for Commodore Isaac Chauncey.
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