USS Stewart (DD-13)
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USS Stewart (DD-13), anchored off Guaymas, Mexico, 26 December 1915. USS Preble (DD-12) is partially visible in the left background.
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| Name: | Stewart |
| Namesake: | Rear admiral Charles Stewart |
| Builder: | Gas Engine & Power Company |
| Laid down: | 24 January 1900 |
| Launched: | 10 May 1902 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Paul Lee Cocke, granddaughter of Rear Admiral Stewart |
| Commissioned: | 17 December 1902 |
| Decommissioned: | 9 July 1919 |
| Struck: | 15 September 1919 |
| Identification: | Hull symbol:DD-13 |
| Fate: | sold January 3, 1920 to Joseph G. Hitner, Philadelphia |
| Status: | broken up for scrap |
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| Class and type: | Bainbridge-class destroyer |
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| Beam: | 23 ft 7 in (7.2 m) |
| Draft: | 6 ft 6 in (2.0 m) (mean) |
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| Propulsion: | 2-shaft reciprocating engines |
| Speed: | 29 kn (54 km/h; 33 mph) (designed speed) |
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The first USS Stewart (DD-13) was a Bainbridge-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Rear Admiral Charles Stewart.
Stewart was laid down on 24 January 1900 at Morris Heights, New York, by the Gas Engine and Power Company; launched on 10 May 1902; sponsored by Mrs. Paul Lee Cocke, granddaughter of Rear Admiral Stewart; and commissioned on 1 December 1902, Lieutenant Frederick A. Traut in command.
After commissioning, Stewart served for a short time at the Naval Academy and then joined the Coast Squadron of the North Atlantic Fleet. In 1906, she was placed in reserve at Norfolk, Virginia but was recommissioned in 1907 in the Atlantic Fleet and transferred in 1908 to the Pacific Fleet. As one of the first group of destroyers built in the United States, Stewart quickly became obsolete; and, on 24 February 1916, the Navy Department decided that destroyers numbered 1 through 16 were "no longer serviceable for duty with the fleet." These ships were henceforth classed as "coast torpedo vessels", but this did not prevent Stewart from having an active career in World War I.
After the United States declared war on Germany on 6 April 1917, Stewart patrolled first off the Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal and along the Colombian coast; and then, after 11 May, off the Pacific entrance to the canal. On 5 July, she returned to the Atlantic, and was fitted out at the Philadelphia Navy Yard from 22 July-11 August for distant service.
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