Description[]
The Paulding class destroyers of the United States Navy entered service in 1910 to 1912. They were the first destroyers to be oil-fired exclusively, and thus had more power and less weight than the preceding similar Smith class.
Ship data
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Relative combat value: 427
Basic damage control capacity: 120%
Dimensions
Displacement: 742 tons
Length: 86 m
Width: 8 m
Draught: 2 m
Standard crew: 87
Performance
Maximum speed (undamaged): 29 knots
Endurance: 5559 km
Coal capacity: 241 tons
Armour protection
Conning tower armour: 0
Hull armour: 0
Main belt armour: 0
Deck armour: 0
Best armour type: None
Armament
5 x 3in/50 Mk II, centrally controlled. Ammo: 1500 rounds
6 x 18in Mk 7 Torpedoes, centrally controlled. Ammo: 6 torpedoes
Ships in class
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- Paulding
- Drayton
- Roe
- Terry
- Perkins
- Sterett
- McCall
- Burrows
- Warrington
- Mayrant