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USS ''Wadsworth'' (Destroyer No. 60/DD-60) 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 for Alexander Scammel Wadsworth. ''Wadsworth'' was laid down by the Bath Iron Works of Bath, Maine, in February 1914 and launched in April 1915. The ship was a little more than in length, nearly abeam, and displaced . She was armed with four guns and had eight torpedo tubes. ''Wadsworth''s geared steam turbine power plant was a successful prototype that greatly influenced U.S. destroyer designs after 1915.〔 After her July 1915 commissioning, ''Wadsworth'' served on the neutrality patrol off the east coast and in the Caribbean. After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, ''Wadsworth'' was the flagship of the first U.S. destroyer squadron sent overseas. Patrolling the Irish Sea out of Queenstown, Ireland, ''Wadsworth'' reported several encounters with U-boats in the first months overseas. She was transferred to Brest, France, in March 1918, and spent the remainder of the war there. Upon returning to the United State at the end of 1918, ''Wadsworth'' underwent a five-month overhaul. She served as a plane guard for the Navy's transatlantic flight attempt by four Navy-Curtiss flying boats in May. After two years in reduced commission in August, ''Wadsworth'' was reactivated in May 1921. She was decommissioned in June 1922, and spent nearly 14 years in reserve at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register in January 1936, sold in June, and scrapped in August. == Design and construction == ''Wadsworth'' was authorized in 1913 as a part of the which, like the related , was an improved version of the s authorized in 1911. Construction of the vessel was awarded to Bath Iron Works of Bath, Maine, which laid down her keel on 23 February 1914. Fourteen months later, on 29 April 1915, ''Wadsworth'' was launched by sponsor Juanita Doane Wells. The ship was named after Commodore Alexander Scammel Wadsworth (1790–1851), a U.S. Navy officer during the War of 1812 and later the Navy's Inspector of Ordnance.〔 As built, ''Wadsworth'' was in length and abeam and drew . The ship had a standard displacement of and displaced when fully loaded.〔 Unlike the rest of the ''Tucker'' class ships—which had differing arrangements of steam turbines and reciprocating engines for cruising—''Wadsworth'' was designed with what became the main United States prototype installation of her two Curtis geared steam turbines. According to ''Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906–1921'', the mechanical design for ''Wadsworth'' had a "considerable effect" on post-1915 U.S. destroyer designs.〔 As installed, the steam turbines could generate and move the ship at speeds up to ,〔 though ''Wadsworth'' reached a top speed of during her trials.〔 ''Wadsworth''s 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 .〔 ''Wadsworth'' 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 ''Wadsworth'' or any of the ''Tucker'' ships. 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 Wadsworth (DD-60)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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