- Tucker class destroyer
The "Tucker"-class of destroyers in the
United States Navy were built by theFore River Shipbuilding Company andBath Iron Works . Commissioned in 1915 and 1916, they served inWorld War I . They were similar to the "O'Brien"-class with the same 21" (533 mm)torpedo tube s."Jacob Jones" was the first US destroyer sunk in enemy action. The surviving ships, with the exception of "Wadsworth", were transferred to the
United States Coast Guard to be part of theRum Patrol . By 1936, all five ships were sold for scrap.* (1916-1936)
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*Fitzsimons, Bernard, General Editor. "The Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare", Volume 23, p2526, "Tucker". London: Phoebus, 1978.
*http://www.navsource.org/archives
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