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DD-45 USS DOWNES

CLASS - CASSIN As Built.
Displacement 1,072 Tons, Dimensions, 305' 3" (oa) x 31' 2" x 10' 6" (Max)
Armament 4 x 4"/50, 8 x 18" tt..
Machinery, 16,000 SHP; Direct Drive Turbines With Triple Expansion Cruising Engines, 2 screws
Speed, 29.5 Knots, Crew 98.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by New York Shipbuilding, Camden on June 27 1912.
Launched November 8 1913 and commissioned February 11 1915.
Downes completed her shakedown and was placed into reserve at
Philadelphia on October 4 1915 until May 26 1917 when she was reactivated.
Downes was decommissioned at Philadelphia June 6 1922 and berthed
with the reserve fleet until loaned to the Coast Guard As CG-4 on
April 28 1924 and was returned May 2 1931.Downes lost her name to
new construction July 1 1933.
Stricken July 5 1934.
Fate Sold August 22 1934 and broken up for scrap.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
32k	Undated, location unknown.	USN
92k	USS Downes (DD-45), at left, and USS Benham (DD-49) at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 5 March 1921. Photograph by Crosby, Portsmouth, Virginia.	Robert Hurst
46k	1918 escorting USS Leviathan. USN photo.	Joe Radigan
23k	On Coast Guard service during the Prohibition Era, from the Official Coast Guard Website.	Mike Green

USS DOWNES DD-45 History
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