Editing O'Brien-class destroyer (section)

== Construction ==
The construction of the six ''O'Brien''-class ships was allocated to four U.S. shipbuilders. [[William Cramp & Sons|William Cramp]] constructed a trio of ''O'Brien'' destroyers, while the [[Fore River Shipbuilding Company]], [[Bath Iron Works]], and [[New York Shipbuilding Corporation]] built one ship each.<ref name=Con-123 /> The [[keel]]s for all six ships were [[keel laying|laid down]] between July and November 1913, with ''McDougal'' being the first and ''Ericsson'' the last.<ref name=Bauer-171>Bauer and Roberts, p. 171.</ref> All were [[launch (ship)|launched]] between April 1915 and January 1915, with ''McDougal'' again being the first and ''Winslow'' being the last.<ref name=Con-123 /> ''McDougal'' was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] in June 1914, two months after her launch; the rest were commissioned between April and August 1915, with ''Cushing'' the final ship to enter service.<ref name=Bauer-171 /> The cost of each ship for hull and machinery was $790,000.<ref name=Friedman-31>Friedman, p. 31.</ref><ref group=Note>The hull-and-machinery cost does not include the costs of any weapons.</ref>