Editing O'Brien-class destroyer (section)

=== USS ''O'Brien'' (DD-51) ===
[[File:USS O'Brien (DD-51) in dazzle camouflage, 1918.jpg|thumb|{{USS|O'Brien|DD-51|2}}, in [[dazzle camouflage]], escorting a convoy in 1918]]
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USS ''O'Brien'' (Destroyer No. 51/DD-51) was laid down by William Cramp & Sons of [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]] in September 1913 and launched in July 1914. The ship was the second U.S. Navy vessel named in honor of [[Jeremiah O'Brien]] and his five brothers, Gideon, John, William, Dennis, and Joseph who, together on the sloop ''Unity'', captured a British warship during the [[American Revolutionary War]].<ref name=DANFS-OBrien />

After ''O'Brien''{{'}}s May 1915 commissioning, she sailed off the [[East Coast of the United States|east coast]] and in the Caribbean.<ref name=DANFS-OBrien /> She was one of the U.S. destroyers sent out to rescue survivors from five victims of German submarine ''U-53'' off the Lightship Nantucket in October 1916.<ref name=NYT-U53 /> After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, ''O'Brien'' was sent overseas to patrol the [[Irish Sea]] out of Queenstown, Ireland.<ref name=DANFS-OBrien />

After returning to the United States in January 1919, ''O'Brien'' returned to European waters in May to serve as one of the picket ships for the [[NC-4|NC-type]] [[seaplane]]s in the first aerial crossing of the Atlantic. ''O'Brien'' was decommissioned at Philadelphia in June 1922. She was struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] in March 1935 sold for scrapping in April.<ref name=DANFS-OBrien />