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Paulding-class destroyer
The ''Paulding''-class destroyers were a modification of the ''Smith'' class with the torpedo tubes increased from three to six via twin mounts. This was an easy upgrade, as the new design twin mounts actually weighed less than the older single mounts.〔Friedman, p. 27〕 The 21 ''Paulding''s doubled the number of destroyers in the US Navy. The newer class burned oil rather than coal and had 12,000 shaft horsepower (shp) instead of 10,000 shp, lightening the ships and making them about a knot faster. The ''Paulding'' class derived its name from the lead ship of the series, , named after Rear Admiral Hiram Paulding (1797-1878). Like the ''Smith''s, they were nicknamed "flivvers" after the small and shaky Model T Ford once the larger "thousand tonner" destroyers entered service.
Generally 21 ships, hull numbers 22 through 42, are considered ''Pauldings''. However, some references list hull numbers 32 through 42 as the ''Monaghan'' class.〔Gardiner and Chesneau, p. 122〕 Others break out hulls 24-28, 30, 31, 33 and 36 as ''Roe'' class, with hulls 32, 35, and 38-42 as ''Monaghan'' class. Curiously, ''Jane′s Fighting Ships of World War I'' refers to hulls 22-42 as the 21 (of the ) ''Drayton''-class, going on to say "Unofficially known as ′Flivver Type′"; the book includes ''Paulding'' in the class listing, but not as the class leader.〔''Jane's Fighting Ships of World War I'', p. 147, Random House, London:2001, ISBN 1-85170-378-0〕
==Service==
The ''Paulding''s were all commissioned between 1910 and 1912 and were active throughout World War I, primarily as convoy escorts in the Atlantic. They were equipped with one or two depth charge tracks for this mission.〔Friedman, p. 68〕 All served in the United States Navy; twelve were transferred to the United States Coast Guard 1924-30 for the Rum Patrol; and all were scrapped 1934-35 to comply with the London Naval Treaty.〔Gardiner and Chesneau, p. 122〕
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