Builders: (Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California) Laid down: 20 October 1917 Launched: 14 April 1918 (List) Operator: Commissioned: 14 November 1918 (List) Decommissioned: 17 June 1922 (List) Operator: (as HMS Newark) Commissioned: 26 November 1940 (List) Decommissioned: Fate: Scrapped on 18 February 1947, Bo'ness, Scotland Operations: World War I convoy escort, World War II convoy escort and aircraft target ship Victories: Damaged one German submarine USS McKean Designation: Destroyer No. 90, DD-90, APD-5 Builders: (Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California) Laid down: 12 February 1918 Launched: 4 July 1918 (List) Operator: Commissioned: 25 February 1919 (List) Fate: Sunk near Bougainville on 17 November 1943 (List) Operations: World War I convoy escort, Guadalcanal high speed transport USS Harding Designation: Destroyer No. 91, DD-91 Builders: (Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California) Laid down: 12 February 1918 Launched: 4 July 1918 (List) Operator: Commissioned: 24 January 1919 (List) Decommissioned: 1 July 1922 (List) Fate: Sold for scrap 8 September 1936 Operations: World War I convoy escort USS Gridley Designation: Destroyer No. 92, DD-92 Builders: (Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California) Laid down: 1 April 1918 Launched: 4 July 1918 (List) Operator: Commissioned: 8 March 1919 (List) Decommissioned: 22 June 1922 (List) Fate: Sold for scrap 19 April 1939 Operations: World War I convoy escort USS Fairfax (HMS Richmond) — (later Soviet Zhivuchiy "Tenacious"). Designation: Destroyer No. 93, DD-93 Builders: (Mare Island Navy Yard in Vallejo, California) Laid down: 10 July 1917 Launched: 15 December 1917 (List) Operator: (as USS Fairfax) Commissioned: 6 April 1918 (List) Decommissioned: 26 November 1940 (List) Operator: and (as HMS Richmond) Commissioned: 5 December 1940 (List) Decommissioned: 16 July 1944 (List) Operator: (as ''Zhivuchiy ("Tenacious"). Commissioned: 16 July 1944 (List) Fate: Scrapped 1949 Operations: World War I convoy escort, World War II Arctic and Atlantic convoy escort USS Taylor Designation: Destroyer No. 94, DD-94, Damage Control Hulk No. 40 Builders: (Mare Island Navy Yard in Vallejo, California) Laid down: 15 October 1917 Launched: 14 February 1918 (List) Operator: Commissioned: 1 June 1918 (List) Decommissioned: 23 September 1938 (List) Fate: Sold for scrap 8 August 1945 Operations: World War I convoy escort, Special Service Squadron, World War II damage control hulk USS Bell Designation: Destroyer No. 95, DD-95 Builders: (Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts) Laid down: 16 November 1917 Launched: 20 April 1918 (List) Operator: Commissioned: 31 July 1918 (List) Decommissioned: 21