The first destroyer the U.S. ever laid down was the Bainbridge class in 1899. Authorized in the wake of the Spanish-American War, 13 Bainbridge-class destroyers were built before 1903. While ...

Mass., last week the Navy celebrated the 60th anniversary of the construction of the original Bainbridge by commissioning a namesake that is totally unlike any other U.S. destroyer ever to hit the ...