USS Bainbridge (DD-1)

History
USS Bainbridge in an Asiatic port circa 1915-1916.
United States
Name:	Bainbridge
Namesake:	Commodore William Bainbridge awarded Congressional Gold Medal
Ordered:	4 May 1898
Awarded:	1 October 1898
Builder:	Neafie and Levy Ship and Engine Building Company
Cost:	$283,000 (hull and machinery)
Laid down:	15 August 1899
Launched:	27 August 1901
Sponsored by:	Miss Bainbridge Hoff
Commissioned:	24 November 1902
Decommissioned:	17 January 1907
Commissioned:	2 April 1908
Decommissioned:	24 April 1912
Commissioned:	1 April 1913
Decommissioned:	3 July 1919
Struck:	15 September 1919
Identification:	Hull symbol: DD-1 Code letters: NCG
Fate:	sold January 3, 1920 to Joseph G. Hitner, Philadelphia for $10,855 for conversion to mercantile service as a fruit carrier
Status:	unknown
General characteristics
Class and type:	Bainbridge-class destroyer
Displacement:	420 long tons (430 tonnes) (standard load) 631 long tons (641 t) (designed full load) 710.5 long tons (721.9 t) (actual full load)
Length:	245 ft (74.7 m) (pp) 250 ft (76.2 m) (oa)
Beam:	23 ft (7.0 m)
Draft:	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) (mean) 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) (max)
Installed power:	4 × Thornycroft boilers 8,000 ihp (6,000 kW)
Propulsion:	2 × triple expansion steam engines 2 × Propellers
Speed:	29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph) (designed speed) 28.45 kn (52.69 km/h; 32.74 mph) (On trials)
Complement:	3 officers 72 enlisted men
Armament:	2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns 5 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) guns 2 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes

The second USS Bainbridge (Destroyer No. 1/DD-1) was the first destroyer, also called "Torpedo-boat destroyers", in the United States Navy and the lead ship of the Bainbridge-class. She was named for William Bainbridge. Bainbridge was commissioned 12 February 1903. She served in the Asiatic Fleet before World War I and served in patrol and convoy duty during the war. She was decommissioned 3 July 1919.

Bainbridge was laid down on 15 August 1899 by Neafie and Levy Ship and Engine Building Company at their shipyard in Philadelphia, as one of nine ships built to a design by the US Navy's Bureau of Construction and Repair. Although the name-ship of her class, Bainbridge was not the first ship of the class to be laid down or completed.

The Bainbridge-class design was intended to combine high-speed with improved seaworthiness, and had a raised forecastle instead of the "turtleback" forecastle common in European designs. The hull was 250 ft (76 m) long overall and 245 ft (75 m) between the perpendiculars, with a beam of 23 ft (7.0 m) and a mean draft of 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m). Design displacement was 420 long tons (430 t) and 631 long tons (641 t) full load, although all ships of the class, including Bainbridge were overweight, with Bainbridge displacing 710.5 long tons (721.9 t) full load when completed.Bainbridge was powered by triple expansion steam engines rated at 8,000 ihp (6,000 kW), fed by four Thornycroft boilers which raised steam at 250 psi (1,700 kPa). Design speed was 28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph). Four funnels were fitted. Armament consisted of two 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns, five 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) guns and two 18-inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes.

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