World War I
American Destroyers
Tucker and Samson
classes
A Study in Blueprints
by Duane D. Borchers, Sr.
BK-022
$60.00
(Foreign; $90.00)(11" X 17" soft cover book book
of engineering drawings)
Ships of Tucker class: USS Tucker (DD-57), USS Conyngham
( DD-58), USS Porter (DD-59), USS Wadsworth (DD-60),
USS Jacob Jones (DD-61) and USS Wainwright (DD-62).
Ships of Sampson class: USS Sampson (DD-63), USS Rowan
(DD-64), USS Davis (DD-65), USS Allen (DD-66), USS Wilkes
(DD-67) and USS Shaw (DD-68). Also known as "thousand tonners".
| Title | Vessel | Date of Document | Page |
| Boat boom. | Tucker (TBD-57) |
November 11, 1915 | 18-19 |
| Faired lines & mold loft dimensions. | Samson & Rowan (TBD-63 & 64) |
February 18, 1916 | 20-22 |
| Frame No. 5, port & starboard., W.T. bulkhead. | do. | May 10, 1915 | 23 |
| Frame No. 12, port & starboard., W.T. bulkhead. | do. | March 25, 1915 | 24 |
| Frame No. 24, W.T. & O.T. trans. bulkhead. | do. | May 10, 1925 | 25 |
| Frame No. 27, Port & Starboard. | do. | May 7, 1915 | 26 |
| Frame No. 30, Port & Starboard, N.W.T. swash bulkhead. | do. | October 7, 1915 | 27 |
| Frame No. 33, N.W.T. swash bulkhead. | do. | May 7, 1915 | 28 |
| Frame No. 36, Port & Starboard. | do. | do. | 29 |
| Frame No. 40, P. & S., N.W.T. swash bulkhead. | do. | May 3, 1915 | 30 |
| Main deck plating, forward. | do. | July 19, 1915 | 31-33 |
| Main deck plating, aft. | do. | March 31, 1915 | 34-36 |
| Forecastle deck plating. | do. | May 9, 1916 | 37-38 |
| Deck house, aft. | do. | July 30, 1915 | 39 |
| Pilot house, bridge & searchlight foundation. | do. | May 10, 1916 | 40-41 |
| Anchor handling arrangement & hawse pipes. | do. | May 1, 1916 | 42-43 |
| Engine hatch arrangement. | do. | September 1, 1916 | 44-45 |
| Propeller guards. | do. | July 7, 1916 | 46-47 |
| Windshield. | do. | May 30, 1918 | 48-49 |
| Masts & rigging. | do. | May 31, 1916 | 50-51 |
| Frame No. 44, Port & Starboard. | Sampson (TBD-63) |
January 2, 1915 | 52 |
| Frame No. 88, Port & Starboard. | do. | August 16, 1915 | 53 |
| Frame No. 115, Port & Starboard. | do. | January 2, 1915 | 54 |
| Docking plan. | do. |
May 15, 1916 |
55-56 |
| Outboard profile. | Rowan (TBD-64) |
September 18, 1918 | 57-60 |
| 1 pdr. anti-balloon gun, foundation on after deck house at frame 155, center line. | Davis & Allen (TBD-65 & 66) |
September 1, 1915 | 61 |
| Compressed air piping in machinery space and to torpedo tubes. | do. | January 11, 1916 | 62-63 |
| Torpedo handling. | Wilkes (TBD-67) |
Nobember 6, 1915 | 64 |
| Body. | Shaw (TBD-68) |
May 11, 1915 | 65 |
| Expansion of outside plating, forward. | do. | April 15, 1915 | 66-68 |
| Expansion of outside plating, aft. | do. | August 15, 1915 | 69-71 |
| Torpedo handling arrangement. | do. | May 26, 1912 | 72-73 |
| Title | Vessel | Date of Document | Scale | Page |
| Outboard Profile. | Conyngham (TBD-58) |
January 6, 1916 | 1/16" | 74-75 |
| Booklet of General Plans: Outboard Profile; Inboard Profile, Forecastle Deck, Bridge and Deck House; Sections; Main Deck, Platform Deck and Hold. | Porter (TBD-59) |
January 18, 1925 | do. | 76-85 |
| Outboard Profile. | Rowan (TBD-64) |
July 8, 1916 | do. | 86-87 |
| Inboard Profile. | do. | August 3, 1916 | do. | 88-89 |
| Booklet of General Plans: Outboard Profile; Inboard Profile; Forecastle Deck, Bridge and Main Deck; Platform Deck and Hold. | do. | June 2, 1921 | do. | 90-97 |
| Booklet of General Plans: Outboard Profile; Inboard Profile; Forecastle and Main Deck; Platform Deck and Hold. | Wilkes (TBD-67) |
- | do. | 98-105 |