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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Laid down: | ?? |
| Launched: | 27 August 1901 |
| Commissioned: | 12 February 1903 |
| Decommissioned: | 3 July 1919 |
| Fate: | sold |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 420 tons |
| Length: | 250 ft (76 m) |
| Beam: | 23.7 ft (7.2 m) |
| Draft: | 9.5 ft (2.9 m) |
| Speed: | 29 knots (54 km/h) |
| Complement: | 75 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 2 x 3 inch (76 mm) guns, 2 x 18 inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes |
The second USS Bainbridge (Destroyer No. 1), later designated DD-1, was the first destroyer in the United States Navy.
The ship was launched 27 August 1901 by Neafie and Levy, Ship and Engine Building Co. , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, sponsored by Mrs. Bertram Greene (great-granddaughter of ship's namesake Commodore William Bainbridge), placed in reserve commission at Philadelphia 24 November 1902 Lieutenant G. W. Williams in command, towed to Norfolk, Virginia, and placed in full commission 12 February 1903.
Bainbridge departed Key West, Florida on 23 December 1903 and sailed via the Suez CanalThe Suez Canal ( Arabic, Qan al-Suways , west of the Sinai Peninsula, forms a 163 km (101 mile) ship canal in Egypt between Port Said Bur Sa'id on the Mediterranean and Suez al-Suways on the Red Sea. The canal allows water transport from Europe to Asia wi to the Philippine Islands, arriving at CaviteCavite is a province of the Philippines located on the southern shores of Manila Bay in the CALABARZON region in Luzon, just 30 kilometers south of Manila. Its capital is the municipality of Imus although Trece Martires City, which was the former capital, 14 April 1904. Between 1904 and 1917 she served with the 1st Torpedo Flotilla , Asiatic Fleet, except for two brief periods ( 17 January 1907 - 24 April 1908 and 24 April 1912 - April 1913) when she was out of commission.
On 1 August 1917 she departed Cavite for Port Said, Egypt, where she Joined Squadron 2, U.S. Patrol Force , 25 September 1917. Bainbridge served on patrol and convoy duty until 15 July 1918 when she departed for the United States. She arrived at Charleston, South Carolina, 3 August 1918 and participated with the fleet in activities along the Atlantic coast until 3 July 1919 when she was decommissioned at Philadelphia. She was sold 3 January 1920.