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Detached from the Coast Squadron on 26 September 1903, the 1st Torpedo Flotilla returned to Hampton Roads to fit out for service on the Asiatic Station. Those evolutions consisted of a search problem followed by joint maneuvers with units of the Army, most of which took place along the coast of Maine. The destroyer and her traveling companions set out on 18 June for a summer of drills and exercises in New England waters. A week later, Bainbridge left Annapolis with the Flotilla and the Coast Squadron and headed south to Newport News, Virginia. On 1 June 1903, her flotilla made the trip to Annapolis, Maryland, where it became part of the North Atlantic Fleet's recently formed Coast Squadron. Service history First commissioning Īssigned to the 1st Torpedo Flotilla, she spent the next three months completing trials and outfitting. Armament consisted of two 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns, five 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) guns and two 18-inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes. Design speed was 28 kn (52 km/h 32 mph), she reached a speed of 28.45 knots (52.69 km/h 32.74 mph) during sea trials. Bainbridge was powered by triple expansion steam engines rated at 8,000 ihp (6,000 kW), fed by four Thornycroft boilers which raised steam at 250 psi (1,700 kPa).

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Design displacement was 420 long tons (430 t) and 631 long tons (641 t) full load, although all ships of the class, including Bainbridge were overweight, with Bainbridge displacing 710.5 long tons (721.9 t) full load when completed. The hull was 250 ft (76 m) long overall and 245 ft (75 m) between the perpendiculars, with a beam of 23 ft (7.0 m) and a mean draft of 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m). The Bainbridge-class design was intended to combine high speed with improved seaworthiness, and had a raised forecastle instead of the 'turtleback' forecastle common in European designs.

The cost for the hull and machinery was $283,000. She was placed in full commission on 12 February 1903. Williams in command, and towed to Norfolk, Virginia. She was placed in reserve commission at Philadelphia on 24 November 1902, with Lieutenant G. Bainbridge was launched on 27 August 1901. Although the name-ship of her class, Bainbridge was not the first ship of the class to be laid down or completed. 2.7 Second commissioning − Xinhai Revolutionīainbridge was laid down on 15 August 1899, by Neafie and Levy Ship and Engine Building Company at their shipyard in Philadelphia, as one of nine ships built to a design by the US Navy's Bureau of Construction and Repair.She served in the Asiatic Fleet before World War I and served in patrol and convoy duty during the war. Bainbridge was commissioned 12 February 1903. The second USS Bainbridge was the first destroyer, also called ' Torpedo-boat destroyers', in the United States Navy and the lead ship of the Bainbridge-class. 29 kn (54 km/h 33 mph) (designed speed).631 long tons (641 t) (designed full load).420 long tons (430 tonnes) (standard load).Sold for mercantile service, 3 January 1920 Neafie and Levy Ship and Engine Building Company

1915-1916.Ĭommodore William Bainbridge awarded Congressional Gold Medal

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