page_title: Aylwin-class destroyer
hierarchical_section_title: Aylwin-class destroyer
caption_attribution_description: The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Aylwin (DD-47) underway, circa 1916-1917.
context_page_description: The Aylwin class was a class of four destroyers in the United States Navy; all served as convoy escorts during World War I. The Aylwins were the second of five "second-generation" 1000-ton four-stack destroyer classes that were front-line ships of the Navy until the 1920s. They were known as "thousand tonners". All were scrapped in 1935 to comply with the London Naval Treaty.
  All four ships were built by William Cramp & Sons in Philadelphia.
  These ships were built concurrently with the Cassin class and in some references are considered to be in that class. In design and armament they were essentially repeats of the Cassin class.
context_section_description: The Aylwin class was a class of four destroyers in the United States Navy; all served as convoy escorts during World War I. The Aylwins were the second of five "second-generation" 1000-ton four-stack destroyer classes that were front-line ships of the Navy until the 1920s. They were known as "thousand tonners". All were scrapped in 1935 to comply with the London Naval Treaty.
  All four ships were built by William Cramp & Sons in Philadelphia.
  These ships were built concurrently with the Cassin class and in some references are considered to be in that class. In design and armament they were essentially repeats of the Cassin class.
caption: USS Aylwin circa 1916–17
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