Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1901 — New Destroyer Is Launched. [ARTICLE]

New Destroyer Is Launched.

The torpedo-boat destroyer Bainbridge was launched at Neafle & Levy’s ship yard, Philadelphia, Tuesday. The little war vessel was christened by Miss Louise Adele Bainbrldge-Hoff, daughter of Captain Bainbridge-Hoff and granddaughter of Commodore Bainbridge. The Bainbridge is the first to be launched of a trio of tor-pedo-boats destroyers now building at the Neafle and Levy yards, her sister ships being the Chauncey and the Barnes. The Bainbridge is 245 feet long and 23 feet beam. She will be equipped with a quadruple expansion engine with cylinders 2016 inches, 32 inches, 38 inches, and 38 inches in diameter. Her speed is expected to be 29 knots an hour. The Bainbridge is nearly completed and she will be given her speed trial in a few weeks.