Completion status of the American destroyer USS Perkins (DD-26) on 30 June 1911

Source

Name superintending constructor L. Bankson, contract signed on 1 October 1908, expiration of contract period on 1 September 1910, lines faired on 17 October 1908, first hull material ordered on 30 October 1908, keel laid down on 22 March 1909, first frame erected on 2 April 1909, first large castings received on 23 March 1909, first large castings erected on 14 March 1909, first compartment tested on 14 September 1909, launched on 9 April 1910, dock trial 21 July 1910, official trail 26-30 September 1910, estimated degree of completion on 30 June 1911, delivered to the government on 15 November 1910 and first commissioned on 18 November 1910.

Note

1. Part of modified Paulding-class, preceded by Smith-class, succeeded by Cassin-class. Built by Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia, USA, decommissioned on 5 December 1919, stricken on 8 March 1935 and sold to be broken up on 28 June 1935.

Sources

Annual reports of the Navy Department for the fiscal year 1911. Washington, 1912. Report of Chief Bureau of Construction and Repair dated 24 October 1911. The annual fiscal year ended 30 June 1911.

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