Saturday, January 1, 2022

USS McCall (DD-28)-- Part 2: A Paulding-Class Destroyer

From Wikipedia.

Was a Paulding-class destroyer during World War I and later  in the U.S. Coast Guard as  (CG-14).  She was the first ship named for Edward McCall of War of 1812 fame.  She was laid down  on 8 June 1909 by the New York  Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey, and launched  4 June 1910.  Commissioned  23 January 1911.

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Length:  293 feet 10 inches

Beam:  27 feet

Draft:  8 feet 4 inches

Speed:  29.5 knots

 Complement:  4 officers, 78 enlisted

Armament:

Five 3-inch guns

Six 18-inch torpedo tubes

--Cooter


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