USS Bainbridge (DD-1)

USS Bainbridge (DD-1)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Bainbridge.

USS Bainbridge in an Asiatic port circa 1915–1916
Career (United States)
Name:	USS Bainbridge
Namesake:	Commodore William Bainbridge
Builder:	Neafie and Levy Ship and Engine Building Company
Laid down:	15 August 1899
Launched:	27 August 1901
Commissioned:	12 February 1903
Decommissioned:	3 July 1919
Fate:	Sold for scrap
General characteristics
Type:	Bainbridge-class destroyer
Displacement:	420 tons/380 tonnes (normal), 592 tons/537 tonnes (full load)
Length:	250 ft (76 m)
Beam:	23 ft 1 in (7.04 m)
Draft:	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Propulsion:	4 boilers 2 engines 8,000 hp (6,000 kW)
Speed:	28.4 kn (32.7 mph; 52.6 km/h)
Complement:	3 officers 72 enlisted men
Armament:	2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal guns, 5 × 6-pounders (57 mm (2.2 in)), 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes

The second USS Bainbridge (DD-1) was the first destroyer in the United States Navy and the lead ship of her class. She was named for William Bainbridge.