Paulding Class Destroyer (1909)

Ten Paulding class destroyers were completed for the U.S. Navy in 1910 and 1911. They were improved versions of the previous Smith class boats, having double torpedo tubes in place of singles.

Overview of 10 vessels
Citations for this data available on individual ship pages
Name	Builder	Laid Down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Paulding	Bath Iron Works	24 Jul, 1909	12 Apr, 1910	29 Sep, 1910
Drayton	Bath Iron Works	19 Aug, 1908	22 Aug, 1910	29 Oct, 1910
Roe	Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company	18 Jan, 1909	24 Jul, 1909	17 Sep, 1910
Terry	Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company	8 Feb, 1909	21 Aug, 1909	18 Oct, 1910
Perkins	Fore River	22 Mar, 1909	9 Jul, 1910	18 Nov, 1910
Sterett	Fore River	22 Mar, 1909	12 May, 1910	15 Dec, 1910
McCall	New York Shipbuilding	8 Jun, 1909	4 Jun, 1910	23 Jan, 1911
Burrows	New York Shipbuilding	19 Jun, 1909	23 Jun, 1910	21 Feb, 1911
Warrington	William Cramp & Sons	21 Jun, 1909	18 Jun, 1910	20 Mar, 1911
Mayrant	William Cramp & Sons	22 Apr, 1909	23 Apr, 1910	12 Jul, 1911

Design & Construction

Performance

Searchlights

Armament

Footnotes

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).