USS Chauncey (DD-3)

USS Chauncey (DD-3) photographed prior to World War I.
History
United States
Name:	Chauncey
Namesake:	Commedore Isaac Chauncey
Ordered:	4 May 1898
Awarded:	1 October 1898
Builder:	Neafie and Levy Ship and Engine Building Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cost:	$283,000 (hull and machinery)
Laid down:	2 December 1899
Launched:	26 October 1901
Sponsored by:	Mrs. M. C. S. Todd
Commissioned:	20 November 1902 (reduced commission)
Out of service:	2 December 1902 (placed in reserve)
Commissioned:	21 February 1903
Decommissioned:	3 December 1905
Commissioned:	12 January 1907
Out of service:	19 November 1917
Struck:	17 December 1917
Identification:	Hull symbol: DD-3 Code letters: NDF
Fate:	sunk in collision with cargo ship SS Rose 110 miles (180 kilometres) west of Gibraltar 19 November 1917
General characteristics
Class and type:	Bainbridge-class destroyer
Displacement:	420 long tons (430 t) (standard) 592 long tons (601 t) (full load)
Length:	245 ft (74.7 m) (pp) 250 ft (76.2 m) (oa)
Beam:	23 ft 7 in (7.2 m)
Draft:	6 ft 6 in (2.0 m) (mean)
Installed power:	4 × Thornycroft boilers 8,000 ihp (6,000 kW)
Propulsion:	2 × Vertical triple expansion engines 2 × Propellers
Speed:	29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph) (designed speed)
Complement:	3 officers 72 enlisted men
Armament:	2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns 5 × 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) guns 2 × 18 in (457 mm) torpedo tubes

The first USS Chauncey (Destroyer No. 3/DD-3) was a Bainbridge-class destroyer, also referred to as a "Torpedo-boat destroyer", in the United States Navy named for Commodore Isaac Chauncey. She was launched in 1901 and sunk in 1917.

Chauncey was laid down at Neafie and Levy Ship and Engine Building Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 2 December 1899 as a member of the Bainbridge class, and was launched on 26 October 1901.

Chauncey was 249 ft 9 ⁷⁄₈ in (76.15 m) long overall and 244 ft 2 ⁷⁄₈ in (74.44 m) at the waterline, with a beam of 23 ft 5 in (7.14 m) and a draft of 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m). As the Bainbridge class was intended to be more seaworthy than the US Navy's torpedo boats, the ship had a raised forecastle instead of the "turtleback" forecastle common in European designs. Design displacement was 420 long tons (430 t) and 631 long tons (641 t) full load, although all ships of the class were overweight. Four Thornycroft boilers fed steam at 250 psi (1,700 kPa) to triple expansion steam engines rated at 8,000 ihp (6,000 kW) driving two shafts for a design speed of 28 kn (52 km/h; 32 mph). Four funnels were fitted. Armament consisted of two 3-inch (76 mm)/50 caliber guns, five 6-pounder (57 millimetres (2.2 in)) guns and two 18-inch (457 mm) torpedo tubes.