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Draft, c. 2005

I made this up from Fitzsimons & navsource; I accept these spex as correct. Trekphiler 01:28, 27 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]

*Tucker*-class destroyers
Hull number and name	Laid Down	Launched	Commissioned	Builder	Fate
DD-57 Tucker	9/11/14	4/5/15	11/4/16	Fore River (Quincy, MA)	CG.23 25/3/26, renamed DD-57 1/11/33 for new construction, stricken 24/10/36 and scrapped
DD-58 Coyningham	27/7/14	8/7/15	21/1/6	William Cramp Ship Building Co. (Philadelphia)	CG-2 7/6/24, renamed DD-58 1/11/33 for new construction, stricken 5/7/34 and scrapped
DD-59 Porter	24/8/14	26/8/15	17/4/16.	William Cramp Ship Building Co. (Philadelphia)	CG-7 7/624, renamed DD-59 1/11/33 for new construction, stricken 5/7/34 and scrapped
DD-60 Wadsworth	23/2/14	29/4/15	25/7/15	Bath Iron Works (Bath, ME)	stricken 7/1/36 and scrapped
DD-61 Jacob Jones	3/8/14	29/5/15	10/2/16	New York Shipbuilding Co. (Camden, NJ)	torpedoed U-53 off Scilly Is. 6/12/1917
DD-62 Wainwright	1/9/14	12/6/15	12/5/16	New York Shipbuilding Co. (Camden, NJ)	CG-24 2/4/26, stricken 5/7/34 and scrapped
DD-63 Sampson	15/4/15	4/3/16	27/6/16	Fore River (Quincy, MA)	stricken 7/1/36 and scrapped
DD-64 Rowan	10/5/15	23/3/16	22/8/16	Fore River (Quincy, MA)	decommissioned 19/6/22, stricken 7/1/36 and scrapped
DD-65 Davis	7/5/15	15/8/16	5/10/16	Bath Iron Works (Bath, ME)	CG-21 25/3/26, stricken 5/7/34 and scrapped
DD-66 Allen	10/5/15	5/12/16	24/1/17	Bath Iron Works (Bath, ME)	decommissioned reserve Philadelphia 3/28, recommissioned 23/8/40, stricken 1/11/45 and scrapped
DD-67 Wilkes	March 11 1915.	May 18 1916	November 10 1916.	William Cramp Ship Building Co. (Philadelphia)	CG-25 25/3/26, stricken 5/7/34 and scrapped
DD-68 Shaw	7/2/16	9/12/16	9/4/17	Mare Island Navy Yd (San Francisco)	collision troopship Aquitania 9/10/1918, CG-22 25/3/26, stricken 5/7/34 and scrapped

The Tucker-class of destroyers in the United States Navy were built by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company and Bath Iron Works. Commissioned in 1915 and 1916, they served in World War I. They were similar to the O'Brien-class with the same 21" torpedo tubes.

Jacob Jones was the first US destroyer sunk in enemy action. The surviving ships, with the exception of Wadsworth, were transferred to the United States Coast Guard to be part of the Rum Patrol. By 1936, all five ships were sold for scrap.

Sources

Fitzsimons, Bernard, General Editor. The Encyclopedia of 20th Century Weapons and Warfare, Volume 23, p2526, "Tucker". London: Phoebus, 1978.
http://www.navsource.org/archives

!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"\|\|!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"\|General Characteristics
Displacement:	1090-1110 tons (normal)
Length:	96.09m (315'3") oa
Beam:	9.1m (29' 11")
Draft:	3.2m (10' 5") max
Machinery:	steam turbines and cruising turbines, two shafts
Power:	17,000 shp
Speed:	29.5 kts
Range:
Complement:	99
Armament:	4" (102mm)/50cal guns (4x1); 8 53cm (21") TT (2x4)
Aircraft:	None

As a follow up to the above draft, Sampson and all those after her were part of the Sampson class and not the Tucker class. — Bellhalla (talk) 18:32, 7 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

GA Review

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Hi there, I am happy to tell you that this article has passed GA without the need for any further improvement. Listed below is information on how the article fared against the Wikipedia:good article criteria. I have to say that I think this article is genuinely excellent and would support it at FAC as is if it came up there.--Jackyd101 (talk) 18:25, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It is reasonably well written.
a (prose): b (MoS):
It is factually accurate and verifiable.
a (references): b (citations to reliable sources): c (OR):
It is broad in its coverage.
a (major aspects): b (focused):

My only (minor) suggestion, is to give the number of sailors killed on Jacob Jones in that ship's synopsis.--Jackyd101 (talk) 18:25, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Good point. I added it there (and in the lead of USS Jacob Jones (DD-61), upon which this summary was based). — Bellhalla (talk) 19:50, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It follows the neutral point of view policy.
a (fair representation): b (all significant views):
It is stable.
It contains images, where possible, to illustrate the topic.
a (tagged and captioned): b (lack of images does not in itself exclude GA): c (non-free images have fair use rationales):
Overall:
a Pass/Fail:

Thankyou and congratulations, an excellent addition to Wikipedia:Good Articles. All the best.--Jackyd101 (talk) 18:25, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the review. One of my fastest GAs, ever! — Bellhalla (talk) 19:50, 8 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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