Building approved in 1914.
First material ordered after ? Keel laid after 4,5 months. On 1 September
after 1 year and 8,5 months 47% completed. Contracted building time 2 years. Displacement
1.100 tons (1)
Note
1. Sampson-class. Laid down by
the Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA on 21 April
1915, launched on 4 March 1916 and commissioned on 27 June 1916. Hull number
DD-63.
Source
Marineblad 1915/1916
no. 6. The article was mainly based on a report of the Secretary of Navy dated
16 October 1915 over the year ending on 30 June 1915.
