She was launched on 14 January 1911 sponsored by Miss Nancy Louise Macon, and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 17 September 1912 with Captain Roy C. Smith in command.
She was launched on 14 January 1911 sponsored by Miss Nancy Louise Macon of Helena, Arkansas, daughter of Congressman Robert B. Macon (1859-1925). The commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 17 September 1912 with Captain Roy C. Smith in command.