Caldwell Class Destroyer (1917)

Six flush-deck Caldwell class destroyers were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1917 and 1918. They would be followed by huge orders for similar ships.

Overview of 6 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Caldwell	Mare Island	9 Dec, 1916	10 Jul, 1917	1 Dec, 1917
Craven	Norfolk	20 Nov, 1917	29 Jun, 1918	19 Oct, 1918	Scuttled May, 1946
Gwin	Seattle Construction	21 Jun, 1917	22 Dec, 1917	18 Mar, 1920
Conner	William Cramp & Sons	16 Oct, 1916	21 Aug, 1917	12 Jan, 1918	Broken up Mar, 1947
Stockton	William Cramp & Sons	16 Oct, 1916	17 Jul, 1917	26 Nov, 1917	Broken up May, 1945
Manley	Bath Iron Works	22 Aug, 1916	23 Aug, 1917	15 Oct, 1917	Stricken 5 Dec, 1945

See Also

• Wikipedia

Bibliography

• Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
• Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com).