USS Putnam (DD-287) [SEP] vessel class
USS Putnam (DD-287)
USS "Putnam" (DD-287) was a "Clemson"-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for Charles Putnam.
History.
"Putnam" was laid down by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum, Massachusetts 30 June 1919, launched 30 September 1919, sponsored by Miss Katherine Brown; and commissioned at Boston, Massachusetts 18 December 1919, Commander Wilbur Rice Van Auken in command.
Upon completion of shakedown out of Boston, "Putnam" was assigned
years in reserve at the Philadelphia Navy Yard. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register in January 1936, sold in June, and scrapped in August.
Ships in class USS "Jacob Jones" (DD-61).
USS "Jacob Jones" (DD-61) was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding of Camden, New Jersey, in August 1914 and launched in May of the following year. She was the first U.S. Navy vessel named in honor of Jacob Jones.
After her February 1916 commissioning, "Jacob