USS Chauncey (DD-3)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Chauncey.
The first USS Chauncey was a Bainbridge-class destroyer, also referred to as a "Torpedo-boat destroyer", in the United States Navy named for Commodore Isaac Chauncey. She was launched in 1901 and sunk in 1917.
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USS Chauncey photographed prior to World War I. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Chauncey |
Namesake | Commedore Isaac Chauncey |
Ordered | 4 May 1898 |
Awarded | 1 October 1898 |
Builder | Neafie and Levy Ship and Engine Building Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Laid down | 2 December 1899 |
Launched | 26 October 1901 |
Commissioned | 20 November 1902 (reduced commission) |
Decommissioned | 2 December 1902 (placed in reserve) |
Commissioned | 21 February 1903 |
Decommissioned | 3 December 1905 |
Commissioned | 12 January 1907 |
Out of service | 19 November 1917 |
Stricken | 17 December 1917 |
Fate | Sunk in collision with cargo ship SS Rose 110 miles (180 kilometres) west of Gibraltar 19 November 1917 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Class and type | Bainbridge-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | |
Beam | 23 ft 7 in (7.2 m) |
Draft | 6 ft 6 in (2 m) (mean) |
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Propulsion | |
Speed | 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph) (designed speed) |
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