USS Jarvis (DD-38)
USS Jarvis (DD-38), running trials on 17 September 1912. Her armament has not yet been installed. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Jarvis |
| Namesake | Midshipman James C. Jarvis |
| Builder | New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey |
| Cost | $641,380.73 |
| Laid down | 1 July 1911 |
| Launched | 4 April 1912 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Jean King |
| Commissioned | 22 October 1912 |
| Decommissioned | 26 November 1919 |
| Stricken | 8 March 1935 |
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| Fate | Sold for scrap, 23 April 1935 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Paulding-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 293 ft 10 in (89.56 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) (mean) |
| Installed power | 12,000 ihp (8,900 kW) |
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| Complement | 4 officers 87 enlisted |
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The first USS Jarvis (DD-38) was a modified Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was named for James C. Jarvis.
Jarvis was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey on 1 July 1911; launched on 4 April 1912; sponsored by Mrs. Jean King; and commissioned on 22 October 1912.