USS Cassin (DD-43)
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USS Cassin (DD-43) moored alongside another U.S. Navy destroyer, at Queenstown, Ireland, circa 1918. She is painted in "Dazzle" type camouflage.
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| Name: | Cassin |
| Namesake: | Captain Stephen Cassin (1783-1857), awarded Congressional Gold Medal |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
| Cost: | $780,171.28 |
| Laid down: | 1 May 1912 |
| Launched: | 20 May 1913 |
| Sponsored by: | Miss H. C. Carusi |
| Commissioned: | 9 August 1913 |
| Decommissioned: | 7 June 1922 |
| Struck: | 5 July 1934 |
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| Fate: | transferred to the United States Coast Guard, 28 April 1924 |
| Status: | sold 22 August 1934, broken up for scrap |
| Notes: | Cassin lost her name to new construction 1 November 1933 |
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Cassin in U.S. Coast Guard service
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| Name: | Cassin |
| Namesake: | Previous name retained |
| Acquired: | 28 April 1924 |
| Commissioned: | 30 August 1924 |
| Decommissioned: | 5 June 1933 |
| Identification: | Hull symbol:CG-1 |
| Fate: | transferred back to the United States Navy, 30 June 1933 |
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| Class and type: | Cassin-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,020 long tons (1,040 t) |
| Length: | 305 ft 3 in (93.04 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 2 in (9.50 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 3 in (2.82 m) (mean) |
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The first USS Cassin (DD-43) was the lead ship of Cassin-class destroyers in the United States Navy during World War I. She was later transferred to the United States Coast Guard, where she was designated CG-1. She was named for Stephen Cassin.
Cassin's keel was laid down on 1 May 1912, by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, who later launched her on 20 May 1913. She was sponsored by nine year old Miss Helen Cassin Carusi, Stephen Cassin's great granddaughter; who would later sponsor the second USS Cassin in 1935. Commissioned on 9 August 1913 with Lieutenant Commander Harris Laning in command, she reported to the Atlantic Torpedo Flotilla.
From her arrival at Key West, Florida from 5 December 1913 – 16 June 1914, Cassin sailed with the 6th Division in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico in fleet maneuvers and exercises. On 19 May 1914, she sailed to the rescue of SS Atlantis, wrecked north of Tampico, Mexico. Taking the stricken ship's passengers on board, she landed them at Tampico. After overhaul, Cassin operated along the east coast from 21 October 1914 to 27 January 1915, when she returned to the Caribbean for winter maneuvers.
Operations along the east coast on Neutrality patrol and drills and surveillance patrol in the Caribbean were Cassin's employment until April 1917, when she was immediately prepared for overseas deployment. She arrived at Queenstown, Ireland on 17 May, and began operations which called for her to rendezvous with American troop convoys at sea and escort them to ports in England and France. On 15 October, she sighted the German submarine U-61 about 20 nmi (23 mi; 37 km) south of Mine Head Lighthouse, Monagoush, County Waterford, Ireland, and pursued her. At 13:30, Cassin was struck on her port stern by a torpedo.
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