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DD-50 USS BALCH

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 May 7 1912.
Launched December 21 1912 and commissioned March 26 1914.
Decommissioned June 20 1922.
Balch lost her name to new construction on November 1 1933.
Stricken March 8 1935.
Fate Sold and broken up for scrap in 1935.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By And/Or Copyright
42k	Photo #: NH 67329, Rear Admiral George Beale Balch, USN (1821-1908), photographed circa 1879-1881, when he was Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland. Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C. Perkins Collection. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.	Tony Cowart
86k	Undated, location unknown.	Joe Radigan
44k	Photo #: NH 103740, USS Balch (Destroyer # 50) underway at high speed, while running trials, probably on 22 February 1914. Collection of Lieutenant Commander Abraham DeSomer, USN. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.	Tony Cowart
52k	Photo #: NH 56319, USS Balch (Destroyer # 50) steaming at 12.337 knots during Run # 21 of her trials, 22 February 1914. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.	Tony Cowart
45k	Photo #: NH 59880, USS Balch (Destroyer # 50) at anchor, circa 1915-1916. Courtesy of Captain C.J. Moore, USN. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.	Tony Cowart
48k	Photo #: NH 100429, USS Balch (Destroyer # 50) moored in European waters, circa 1917 or early 1918. Note her camouflage scheme. Courtesy of Ted Stone, 1985. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.	Tony Cowart
67k	Photo #: NH 88085, USS Balch (Destroyer # 50) underway in 1918, while serving in the European war zone. Note her "dazzle" camouflage. Photographed by Shaffer. Courtesy of Donald M. McPherson, 1978. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.	Tony Cowart
53k	Photo #: NH 56320, USS Balch (Destroyer # 50) underway with her sea detail on deck, 26 February 1919. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.	Tony Cowart
48k	Photo #: NH 103514-D, USS Balch (DD-50) in the North River off New York City, 20 May 1921. Cropped from a panoramic photograph by Himmel and Tyner, New York. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.	Tony Cowart
86k	Destroyer Squadron 14 in the North River, off New York City, 20 May 1921. Panoramic photograph by Himmel and Tyner, New York. U.S. Navy ships present are (from left to right): USS Cummings (DD-44); USS Wainright (DD-62); USS Parker (DD-48); USS Balch (DD-50); USS McDougal (DD-54); USS Ericsson (DD-56) and USS Dixie (AD-1), squadron flagship. Note what appears to be a yacht club in the lower left (Photo No NH 103514).	Robert Hurst

USS BALCH DD-50 History
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