Bath Iron Works
The construction of six destroyers of the for the US Navy was authorized in June 1914, with a contract being signed with Bath Iron Works for the construction of USS "Allen" on 30 January 1915. "Allen" was laid down by Bath Iron Works at their Bath Maine shipyard and was launched on 5 December 1916, sponsored by Miss Dorothea Dix Allen and Miss Harriet Allen Butler, and commissioned on 24 January 1917, Lieutenant Commander Samuel W. Bryant in command. Final delivery from Bath Iron Works was recorded as 22 October 1917, per the official records of the Bath Iron Works Company. (record Number 68). Construction cost was $816,185.43 for hull and machinery.