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DD-47 USS AYLWIN

CLASS - AYLWIN (Classified As A New Class, They Were Repeat CASSIN's) 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 Cramp, Philadelphia on March 7 1912.
Launched November 23 1912 and commissioned January 17 1914.
Aylwin was placed in reserve in May 1914.Recommissioned on May 25 1915.
Placed in reserve at Philadelphia and decommissioned there on
February 23 1921 and remained berthed at Philadelphia until her
sale. Aylwin lost her name to new construction on July 1 1933.
Stricken March 8 1935.
Fate Sold and broken up for scrap in 1935

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Aylwin 87kPhoto #: NH 103482, USS Aylwin (Destroyer # 47) firing depth charges from her "Y-Guns", during World War I operations. Three charges are in the air, attached to their arbors. Note Aylwin's number ("47") painted on the bow of the boat at right. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Paul Rebold
Aylwin 110kPhoto #: NH 103480, USS Aylwin steaming at 29.78 knots on trial run # 24, south, circa 1913. Note that the ship's guns have not yet been installed. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Aylwin 71kPhoto #: NH 57469, USS Aylwin running builder's trials in 1913, prior to the installation of her armament. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Aylwin 79kPhoto #: 19-N-13867, USS Aylwin running builder's trials in 1913, prior to installation of her armament. Tony Cowart
Aylwin 56kPhoto #: NH 77908, USS Aylwin underway, circa 1916-1917. The original image was printed on postal card ("AZO") stock. Collection of Admiral Montgomery M. Taylor, USN, 1962. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Aylwin 87kPhoto #: NH 103482, USS Aylwin firing depth charges from her "Y-Guns", during World War I operations. Three charges are in the air, attached to their arbors. Note Aylwin's number ("47") painted on the bow of the boat at right. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Aylwin 129kUSS Wickes (Destroyer # 75), at left an USS Aylwin (Destroyer # 47), right foreground At anchor in German waters during the first part of 1919. Courtesy of W.E.J. Thompson. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Fred Weiss
Aylwin 75kPhoto #: NH 57470, USS Aylwin standing by as a German pilot boat picks up a pilot who has just left USS Chester (Scout Cruiser # 1) off Swinemünde, Germany, 1919. The two U.S. Navy ships were then conducting an inspection of Germany's ports on the Baltic Sea. Courtesy of W.E.J. Thompson. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Aylwin 70kPhoto #: NH 93214, USS Aylwin panoramic photograph in port, circa 1919. Donation of Robert L. Strickland, 1981. The original print belonged to the donor's father, Louis G. Strickland, who served in Aylwin During World War I. It was made circa 1947-1951 by copying an original print that had become brittle. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Aylwin 80kPhoto #: NH 102995, USS Aylwin in port with collision damage, circa 1918-1919. Location may be in the British Isles, as an old ship of the line is visible in the center distance. The original photograph is printed on postal card ("AZO") stock. Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2005. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart

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