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Destroyers: 100 years!
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This year marks the 100th Anniversary of the commissioning of the first American destroyer - a unique type of warship that spawned a special breed of sailor and seagoing tradition that is still very much alive today.
PART TWO
SYNOPSIS OF PART ONE (NOVEMBER ISSUE)
1902 marked the commissioning of the first destroyer USS Bainbridge (DD-1), a vessel born of the necessity to counter the threat to major warships of small fast torpedo boats developed in the 1890s. Large enough to be ocean-going, the 400-- ton Bainbridge led the rapid evolution of subsequent destroyers which quickly proved their ...
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