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USS ''Jacob Jones'' (Destroyer No. 61/DD-61)〔The United States Navy's hull classification system—in which ''Jacob Jones'' would have been designated ''DD-61''—was not implemented until July 1920. Even though ''Jacob Jones'' was never known as ''DD-61'' while afloat, many reference works nevertheless extend the system and refer to the ship by what her designation would have been, had she survived the war.〕 was a built for the United States Navy prior to the American entry into World War I. The ship was the first U.S. Navy vessel named in honor of Jacob Jones. ''Jacob Jones'' was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding of Camden, New Jersey, in August 1914 and launched in May of the following year. The ship was a little more than in length, just over abeam, and had a standard displacement of . She was armed with four and had eight torpedo tubes. ''Jacob Jones'' was powered by a pair of steam turbines that propelled her at up to . After her February 1916 commissioning, ''Jacob Jones'' conducted patrols off the New England coast. After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, ''Jacob Jones'' was sent overseas. Patrolling the Irish Sea out of Queenstown, Ireland, ''Jacob Jones'' rescued the survivors of several ships, notably picking up over 300 from the sunken Armed merchant cruiser . On 6 December, ''Jacob Jones'' was steaming independently from Brest, France, for Queenstown, when she was torpedoed and damaged by German submarine and was scuttled with the loss of 66 officers and men, becoming the first ever United States destroyer sunk by enemy action. ''Jacob Jones'' sank in eight minutes without issuing a distress call; the German submarine commander, ''Kapitänleutnant'' Hans Rose, after taking two badly injured ''Jacob Jones'' crewmen aboard his submarine, radioed the American base at Queenstown with the coordinates for the survivors. == Design and construction == ''Jacob Jones'' was authorized in 1913 as the fifth ship of the which, like the related , was an improved version of the s authorized in 1911. Construction of the vessel was awarded to New York Shipbuilding of Camden, New Jersey, which laid down her keel on 3 August 1914. Ten months later, on 29 May 1915, ''Jacob Jones'' was launched by sponsor Mrs. Jerome Parker Crittenden (née ''Paulina Cazenove Jones''), a great-granddaughter of the ship's namesake, Commodore Jacob Jones (1768–1850), a U.S. Navy officer during the War of 1812.〔 As built, ''Jacob Jones'' was in length and abeam and drew . The ship had a standard displacement of and displaced when fully loaded.〔 ''Jacob Jones'' had two Curtis steam turbines that drove her two screw propellers, and an additional steam turbine geared to one of the propeller shafts for cruising purposes. The power plant could generate and move the ship at speeds up to .〔〔 ''Jacob Jones'' main battery consisted of four ,〔〔The ''50'' denotes the length of the gun barrels; in this case, the gun is 50 calibers, meaning that the gun is 50 times as long as it is in diameter, in this case. The Mark number is the version of the gun; in this case, the ninth U.S. Navy design of the 4-inch/50 gun.〕 with each gun weighing in excess of .〔 The guns fired armor-piercing projectiles at . At an elevation of 20°, the guns had a range of .〔 ''Jacob Jones'' was also equipped with eight torpedo tubes. The General Board of the United States Navy had called for two anti-aircraft guns for the ''Tucker''-class ships, as well as provisions for laying up to 36 floating mines.〔 From sources, it is unclear if these recommendations were followed for ''Jacob Jones'' or any of the other ships of the class. 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「USS Jacob Jones (DD-61)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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