USS Truxtun (DD-14)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Truxtun.
The second USS Truxtun (DD-14) was the lead ship of Truxtun-class destroyers in the United States Navy. She was named for Commodore Thomas Truxtun.
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USS Truxtun (DD-14) | |
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United States | |
Name | Truxtun |
Namesake | Commodore Thomas Truxtun awarded Congressional Gold Medal |
Builder | Maryland Steel Company Sparrows Point, Maryland |
Laid down | 13 November 1899 |
Launched | 15 August 1901 |
Sponsored by | Miss Isabelle Truxtun, grand daughter of Commodore Tuxtun[1] |
Commissioned | 11 September 1902 |
Decommissioned | 18 July 1919 |
Stricken | 15 September 1919 |
Identification | Hull symbol: DD-14 |
Fate | Sold for merchant service, 3 January 1920, scrapped 1956 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Truxtun-class destroyer |
Displacement | 433 long tons (440 t) normal, 605 long tons (615 t) full load |
Length | 259 ft 6 in (79.10 m) |
Beam | 23 ft 3 in (7.09 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m) |
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Speed | 29.6 kn (34.1 mph; 54.8 km/h) |
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Truxtun was laid down on 13 November 1899 at Sparrows Point, Maryland, by the Maryland Steel Company; launched on 15 August 1901; sponsored by Miss Isabelle Truxtun; and commissioned on 11 September 1902.