Thursday, September 15, 2022

USS Jacob Jones (DD-61)

From Wikipedia.

Was a Tucker-class destroyer and first U.S. warship named for Jacob Nicholas Jones (there were two others).

It was laid down 4 August 1914, launched  19 May 1915 and commissioned  10 February 1916.

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GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

LENGTH:  315 feet 3 inches

BEAM:  30 feet 6 inches

DRAFT:  9 feet 8 inches

 SPEED:  30 knots

COMPLEMENT:  99 officers and enlisted

ARMAMENT:

Four 4-inch guns

Eight 21-inch torpedo tubes

--Cooter


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