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USS Wainwright (Destroyer No. 62/DD-62) was a Tucker-class destroyer built for the United States Navy prior to the American entry into World War I. The ship was the first U.S. Navy vessel named in honor of U.S. Navy officers Jonathan Wainwright, his cousin, Commander Richard Wainwright, and his son, Jonathan Wainwright, Jr..

Fantastic image. There's a rather nice Wikipedia entry here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wainwright_(DD-62) Other than that...she was launched in 1915 and decommissioned in 1922. Then, from 1926 to 1934 she worked for the US Coastguard before returning to the Navy for a bit. Then, finally, in 1934, she was sold for scrapping.

A photo of the launch of the USS Wainwright:


Evelyn Wainwright Turpin, who christened the ship:

Wainwright (launched the previous June in Camden, NJ, was commissioned on May 12, 1916, which may account for the presence of the photo at this point in the Bain collection. www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w1/wainwright-i.htm

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wainwright_(DD-62)

Richard Arthur Norton: Thank you for your additional information on the USS Wainwright. We will add some of it to the description when we update.

Young Evelyn launched the USS Wainwright in June 1915; her great-grandfather was one of its namesakes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wainwright_%28DD-62%29 Her parents' tombstone at Arlington: www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=91959377

Thanks Wystan for linking this image of Evelyn Wainwright Turpin to the related image of the ship. We will add more information when we update.

An article about the christening is in the Evening public ledger., June 12, 1915, Final, Page 14, col. 1: "TEN-YEAR-OLD MISS CHRISTENS DESTROYER"

I added her to Wikidata: www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q96089632