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{{Short description|Paulding-class destroyer}} | {{Short description|Paulding-class destroyer}} | ||
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| | |image=Paulding (DD22). Starboard side, camouflaged, 1918 - NARA - 530782.jpg | ||
| | |image_caption=USS ''Paulding'' (DD-22) port side, camouflaged, Queenstown, Ireland, 1918 | ||
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| | |country=United States | ||
| | |flag={{USN flag|1930}} | ||
| | |name=''Paulding'' | ||
| | |namesake=[[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] [[Hiram Paulding|Hiram A. Paulding]] | ||
| | |original_cost=$652,928.16<ref>{{cite journal |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=mZEqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA762 |title= Table 21 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919 |journal= Congressional Serial Set |publisher= U.S. Government Printing Office |year= 1921 |page= 762 }}</ref> | ||
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| | |builder=[[Bath Iron Works]] [[Bath, Maine]] | ||
| | |laid_down=24 July 1909 | ||
| | |launched=12 April 1910 | ||
| | |acquired= | ||
| | |sponsor=Miss Emma Paulding | ||
| | |commissioned=29 September 1910 | ||
| | |decommissioned=August 1919 | ||
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| | |struck=28 June 1934 | ||
*[[International Code of Signals|Code letters]]:NON | |identification=*[[Hull classification symbol#Surface combatant type|Hull symbol]]:DD-22 | ||
*{{ICS|November}}{{ICS|Oscar}}{{ICS|November}} | *[[International Code of Signals|Code letters]]:NON | ||
| | *{{ICS|November}}{{ICS|Oscar}}{{ICS|November}} | ||
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| | |fate=Transferred to the [[United States Coast Guard]], returned 1930 and scrapped in 1934 | ||
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| | |country=United States | ||
| | |flag={{shipboxflag|United States|coast guard}} | ||
| | |name=''Paulding'' | ||
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| | |acquired=28 April 1924<ref name="ROM436">{{cite book | url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/articles/RecordofMovements.pdf | title=Record of Movements Vessels of the United States Coast Guard 1790 -December 31, 1933 | publisher=TREASURY DEPARTMENT | year=1989 | location=Washington | pages=436}}</ref> | ||
| | |commissioned=23 January 1925<ref name="ROM436" /> | ||
| | |decommissioned=18 October 1930<ref name="ROM436" /> | ||
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| | |identification=[[Hull classification symbol#United States Coast Guard vessels|Hull symbol]]:CG-17 | ||
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}} | |fate=Transferred back to the United States Navy, 18 October 1930<ref name="ROM436" /> | ||
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*{{convert|887|LT|t|abbr=on}} full load | |header_caption=<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.navsource.net/archives/05/022.htm | title=USS Paulding (DD-22) |website=NavSource | access-date=June 16, 2015}}</ref> | ||
| | |class= {{sclass|Paulding|destroyer}} | ||
| | |displacement=*{{convert|742|LT|t|abbr=on|lk=on}} normal | ||
| | *{{convert|887|LT|t|abbr=on}} full load | ||
| | |length={{convert|293|ft|10|in|m|abbr=on}} | ||
| | |beam={{convert|27|ft|m|abbr=on}} | ||
*3 × [[Steam turbine|Parsons Direct Drive Turbines]] | |draft={{convert|8|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}} (mean)<ref name="congress" /> | ||
*3 × [[Drive shaft#Marine drive shafts|shafts]] | |power={{convert|12000|ihp|kW|abbr=on}} | ||
| | |propulsion=*4 × [[boiler]]s | ||
*{{convert|30.80|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} (Speed on [[Sea trial|Trial]])<ref name="congress">{{cite journal |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=mZEqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA762 |title= Table 11 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919 |journal= Congressional Serial Set |publisher= U.S. Government Printing Office |year= 1921 |page= 731 }}</ref> | *3 × [[Steam turbine|Parsons Direct Drive Turbines]] | ||
| | *3 × [[Drive shaft#Marine drive shafts|shafts]] | ||
| | |speed=*{{convert|29.5|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} | ||
| | *{{convert|30.80|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} (Speed on [[Sea trial|Trial]])<ref name="congress">{{cite journal |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=mZEqAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA762 |title= Table 11 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919 |journal= Congressional Serial Set |publisher= U.S. Government Printing Office |year= 1921 |page= 731 }}</ref> | ||
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| | |complement=4 officers 87 enlisted | ||
*6 × [[American 18 inch torpedo|18 inch (450 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s (3 × 2) | |sensors= | ||
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| | |armament=*5 × [[3"/50 caliber gun|{{convert|3|in|mm|abbr=on}}/50]] [[caliber (artillery)|caliber]] guns | ||
*6 × [[American 18 inch torpedo|18 inch (450 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s (3 × 2) | |||
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'''USS ''Paulding'' (DD-22)''' was the [[lead ship]] of {{sclass|Paulding|destroyer}}s in the [[United States Navy]]. She was named for [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] [[Hiram Paulding|Hiram A. Paulding]] ( | '''USS ''Paulding'' (DD-22)''' was the [[lead ship]] of {{sclass|Paulding|destroyer}}s in the [[United States Navy]]. She was named for [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear Admiral]] [[Hiram Paulding|Hiram A. Paulding]] (1797–1878). She was in commission from 1910 to 1919 and saw service in [[World War I]]. | ||
After her Navy service, ''Paulding'' served in the [[United States Coast Guard]] as '''USCGC ''Paulding'' (CG-17)''' from 1924 to 1930. | After her Navy service, ''Paulding'' served in the [[United States Coast Guard]] as '''USCGC ''Paulding'' (CG-17)''' from 1924 to 1930. | ||
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Assigned to the [[Atlantic Torpedo Fleet]], ''Paulding'' operated primarily off the [[United States East Coast]] until after the [[United States]] entered [[World War I]] on 6 April 1917. During April 1917, she patrolled off the [[New England]] coast and in May 1917 she prepared for distant service. On 21 May 1917, she got underway for the [[United Kingdom]], arriving at [[Cobh|Queenstown]], [[Ireland]], to escort [[convoy]]s and protect them from [[Imperial German Navy]] [[U-boat]]s. She served on that duty through the end of the war. | Assigned to the [[Atlantic Torpedo Fleet]], ''Paulding'' operated primarily off the [[United States East Coast]] until after the [[United States]] entered [[World War I]] on 6 April 1917. During April 1917, she patrolled off the [[New England]] coast and in May 1917 she prepared for distant service. On 21 May 1917, she got underway for the [[United Kingdom]], arriving at [[Cobh|Queenstown]], [[Ireland]], to escort [[convoy]]s and protect them from [[Imperial German Navy]] [[U-boat]]s. She served on that duty through the end of the war. | ||
On 24 February 1918, ''Paulding'' was proceeding in a scouting line with the destroyers {{USS|Davis|DD-65|6}} and {{USS|Trippe|DD-33|6}} in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] off the south coast of Ireland bound for Queenstown when she sighted the British [[Royal Navy]] submarine {{HMS|L2}}′s [[periscope]]. Mistaking ''L2'' for a German [[U-boat]], she headed for the periscope at [[flank speed]] and opened gunfire. ''L2'' had sighted the destroyers and, assuming that the destroyers had not seen her periscope, submerged to {{convert|90|ft|0}}, but upon hearing ''Paulding'' open fire, she dove to {{convert|200|ft|0}}. ''Paulding'' dropped two [[depth charge]]s, the first of which shook ''L2'' severely and jammed her [[diving plane]]s in a hard-upward position. This caused ''L2'' to take on a tremendous inclination, and her [[stern]] struck the [[seabed]] at a depth of {{convert|300|ft|0}}. Four more depth charges exploded, again shaking the submarine. ''L2''′s [[commanding officer]] gave the order to blow the number 5 and 6 [[ballast tank]]s, and ''L2'' surfaced [[Bow ( | On 24 February 1918, ''Paulding'' was proceeding in a scouting line with the destroyers {{USS|Davis|DD-65|6}} and {{USS|Trippe|DD-33|6}} in the [[Atlantic Ocean]] off the south coast of Ireland bound for Queenstown when she sighted the British [[Royal Navy]] submarine {{HMS|L2}}′s [[periscope]]. Mistaking ''L2'' for a German [[U-boat]], she headed for the periscope at [[flank speed]] and opened gunfire. ''L2'' had sighted the destroyers and, assuming that the destroyers had not seen her periscope, submerged to {{convert|90|ft|0}}, but upon hearing ''Paulding'' open fire, she dove to {{convert|200|ft|0}}. ''Paulding'' dropped two [[depth charge]]s, the first of which shook ''L2'' severely and jammed her [[diving plane]]s in a hard-upward position. This caused ''L2'' to take on a tremendous inclination, and her [[stern]] struck the [[seabed]] at a depth of {{convert|300|ft|0}}. Four more depth charges exploded, again shaking the submarine. ''L2''′s [[commanding officer]] gave the order to blow the number 5 and 6 [[ballast tank]]s, and ''L2'' surfaced [[Bow (watercraft)|bow]]-first. ''Davis'' dropped a depth charge near her, and then all three destroyers opened gunfire on her from a range of about {{convert|1,500|yd|sigfig=3}}. One round struck ''L2''′s [[pressure hull]] just abaft her [[conning tower]]. Some of ''L2'''s crew emerged from her conning tower, waved their hands and a [[White Ensign]], and fired a [[smoke grenade]]. The destroyers ceased fire immediately. ''L-2'' did not sustain serious damage, and ''Davis'' escorted her to [[Berehaven]], Ireland.<ref name=proceedingsmistakenattacks>[https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1934/december/mistaken-attacks-world-war Doughty, Leonard Jr., Lieutenant Commander, "Mistaken Attacks in the World War," ''Proceedings'', October 1934.]</ref> The force commander of British submarines, [[Captain (Royal Navy)|Captain]] [[Martin Dunbar-Nasmith]], commended ''L2'' and the destroyers for the action in his report on the [[friendly fire]] incident. [[Admiral (Royal Navy)|Admiral]] [[Lewis Bayly (Royal Navy officer)|Lewis Bayly]], the Royal Navy′s [[Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland]], in his endorsement of Nasmith′s report, wrote, "Had ''L-2'' not been very skillfully and coolly handled, she would have been lost. The U. S. destroyers deserve great credit for their smartness in attack, and for their quickness in recognizing the submarine as British."<ref name=proceedingsmistakenattacks/> | ||
''Paulding'' returned to the United States after the [[Armistice of 11 November 1918|Armistice with Germany]] brought World War I to an end on 11 November 1918. She was decommissioned in August 1919 and placed in the [[Reserve Fleet]]. | ''Paulding'' returned to the United States after the [[Armistice of 11 November 1918|Armistice with Germany]] brought World War I to an end on 11 November 1918. She was decommissioned in August 1919 and placed in the [[Reserve Fleet]]. | ||
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After her Navy service, Paulding served in the United States Coast Guard as USCGC Paulding (CG-17) from 1924 to 1930.
Construction and commissioning
Paulding was laid down by the Bath Iron Works Corporation at Bath, Maine, on 24 July 1909. She was launched on 12 April 1910, sponsored by Miss Emma Paulding, and commissioned on 29 September 1910, Lieutenant Commander Yates Stirling Jr. in command. She was the first American destroyer solely fueled by fuel oil.
Assigned to the Atlantic Torpedo Fleet, Paulding operated primarily off the United States East Coast until after the United States entered World War I on 6 April 1917. During April 1917, she patrolled off the New England coast and in May 1917 she prepared for distant service. On 21 May 1917, she got underway for the United Kingdom, arriving at Queenstown, Ireland, to escort convoys and protect them from Imperial German Navy U-boats. She served on that duty through the end of the war.
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Paulding returned to the United States after the Armistice with Germany brought World War I to an end on 11 November 1918. She was decommissioned in August 1919 and placed in the Reserve Fleet.
United States Coast Guard
The U.S. Navy loaned Paulding to the United States Coast Guard from 28 April 1924 to 18 October 1930. As USCGC Paulding, she served on the Rum Patrol during Prohibition with her home port at Boston, Massachusetts.
Paulding was sent to find the Coast Guard cutter Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". during a gale in February 1927 off Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The Script error: No such module "convert". vessel had already foundered, and Paulding spent two days in the storm, losing much topside equipment, including one of her stacks.
On 17 December 1927, Paulding accidentally rammed and sank the U.S. Navy submarine Script error: No such module "WPSHIPS utilities". while S-4 was surfacing. S-4 sank with the loss of all hands. An inquiry absolved the Coast Guard of blame.
Final disposition
Returned to the U.S. Navy on 18 October 1930, Paulding again joined the Reserve Fleet and was laid up at League Island in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 28 June 1934 and sold for scrap in accordance with the terms of the London Naval Treaty.
Honors and awards
- World War I Victory Medal with DESTROYER clasp[2]
References
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- ↑ a b Doughty, Leonard Jr., Lieutenant Commander, "Mistaken Attacks in the World War," Proceedings, October 1934.
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