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Officially designated as Torpedo Boat Destroyers (TBDs) when authorized by Congress in 1898,〔Simpson p. 148, 151〕 the ''Bainbridge''-class destroyers were the first destroyers so designated of the United States Navy, built from 1899 through 1903. These were the first 13 of 16 TBDs (3 were ''Truxtun''-class TBDs) authorized by Congress in 1898 following the Spanish–American War, and were decommissioned and sold in 1919 following service in World War I. One ship was lost at sea: ''Chauncey'', which collided with the British merchant ship S.S. ''Rose'' in 1917. After decommissioning, the 12 remaining ships were sold to Joseph G. Hitner of Philadelphia, except for ''Hopkins''. ''Hopkins'' was sold to the Denton Shore Lumber Company in Tampa, Florida. ==Subclasses== Some sources subdivide the ''Bainbridge'' class into additional classes.〔(DestroyerHistory.org First US destroyers )〕〔(Tin Can Sailors @ Destroyers.org - Destroyer classes )〕〔Gardiner and Chesneau, pp. 157-158〕 * ''Hopkins'' and ''Hull'' had a turtledeck forward and may be considered to be ''Hopkins''-class. These had their two single torpedo tubes replaced by two twin torpedo tubes during World War I; total torpedoes probably remained at four.〔Gardiner and Chesneau, pp. 157-158〕〔 * ''Lawrence'' and ''Macdonough'' had a turtledeck forward, Fore River boilers, carried their funnels in only one group of four, and may be considered to be ''Lawrence''-class. In 1906 two additional 6-pounder guns were substituted for the two 3-inch guns to save weight.〔 * ''Paul Jones'', ''Perry'' and ''Preble'' carried one twin torpedo tube instead of two singles beginning in World War I and may be considered to be ''Paul Jones''-class.〔Gardiner and Chesneau, pp. 157-158〕 * ''Stewart'' was equipped with Seabury boilers and was the fastest of the 400-tonners on trials at , but her trial displacement of is described as unrealistically light.〔Friedman, pp. 17-18〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bainbridge-class destroyer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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