Design and construction USS Wainwright (DD-62)

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evelyn wainwright turpin, wainwright s sponsor @ launch; miss turpin great-granddaughter of commodore jonathan wainwright, 1 of ship s namesakes


wainwright had 2 curtis steam turbines drove 2 screw propellers, , additional steam turbine geared 1 of propeller shafts cruising purposes. power plant generate 17,000 shaft horsepower (13,000 kw) , move ship @ speeds 30 knots (56 km/h).


wainwright s main battery consisted of 4 4 in (102 mm)/50 mark 9 guns, each gun weighing in excess of 6,100 pounds (2,800 kg). guns fired 33-pound (15 kg) armor-piercing projectiles @ 2,900 feet per second (880 m/s). @ elevation of 20°, guns had range of 15,920 yards (14,560 m).


wainwright equipped 8 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes. general board of united states navy had called 2 anti-aircraft guns tucker-class ships, provisions laying 36 floating mines. sources, unclear if these recommendations followed wainwright or of other ships of class.





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