Cassin-class destroyer

Four destroyers in the United States Navy formed the Cassin-class. All served as convoy escorts during World War I. The Cassins were the first of six "second-generation" 1000-ton four-stack destroyer classes that were front-line ships of the Navy until the 1930s.

They were the first to carry the new 4 inch (102 mm) gun. The number of torpedo tubes were doubled from the four carried by the Paulding-class to eight. The additional armament significantly increased their tonnage to over 1,000 tons and decreased their speed to less than thirty knots (56 km/h).

The Aylwin-class was built concurrently, and those four ships are often considered to be Cassins.

Ships in class

 * USS Cassin (DD-43) (1913-1934)


 * USS Cummings (DD-44) (1913-1934)


 * USS Downes (DD-45) (1915-1934)


 * USS Duncan (DD-46) (1913-1935)