 The construction of the six Tucker @-@ class ships was allocated to four U.S. shipbuilders . The Fore River Shipbuilding Company and Bath Iron Works built one ship each , while William Cramp and New York Shipbuilding each constructed a pair of Tucker destroyers . The keels for all six ships were laid down between February and November 1914 , with Wadsworth being the first and Tucker the last . All were launched between April and July 1915 , with Wadsworth again being the first and Porter being the last . Wadsworth was commissioned in July 1915 , three months after her launch ; the rest were commissioned between January and May 1916 , with Wainwright the final ship to enter service . 
