The Tucker class of destroyers was a ship class of six ships designed by and built for the United States Navy shortly before the United States entered World War I. The Tucker class was the fourth of five classes of destroyers that were known as the "thousand tonners", because they were the first U.S. destroyers over 1,000 long tons (1,016 t) displacement.
Lead ship Tucker in United States Coast Guard service, c. 1926–1933
Tucker (left) and Cassin, the lead ships of their respective classes, show the design similarities between the Cassin and Tucker classes.
Tucker under construction at the Fore River Shipbuilding Company on 1 January 1915.
Tucker in United States Coast Guard service, c. 1926–1933
The O'Brien class of destroyers was a class of six ships designed by and built for the United States Navy shortly before the United States entered World War I. The O'Brien class was the third of five classes of destroyers that were known as the "thousand tonners", because they were the first U.S. destroyers over 1,000 long tons (1,016 t) displacement.
Lead ship of the O'Brien class, USS O'Brien
O'Brien class member Ericsson, between the closely related Tucker-class ships Jacob Jones (left) and Wadsworth, is moored by destroyer tender Melville at Queenstown, Ireland, in 1917.
O'Brien, in dazzle camouflage, escorting a convoy in 1918
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