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* She was launched on the 23rd March 1914.
 
* She was launched on the 23rd March 1914.
 
* Sunk, by possibly [[wikipedia:USS_Melvin_(DD-680)|USS ''Melvin'']], during night battle in the [[wikipedia:Battle_of_Surigao_Strait|''Battle of Surigao Strait'']], October 25th, 1944.
 
* Sunk, by possibly [[wikipedia:USS_Melvin_(DD-680)|USS ''Melvin'']], during night battle in the [[wikipedia:Battle_of_Surigao_Strait|''Battle of Surigao Strait'']], October 25th, 1944.
** There is a conflict in the accounts of her sinking:
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* Wreck located 25 November 2017 by RV ''Petrel''. She is upside down in 185 meters (607 feet) of water and the hull is in one piece, conclusively disproving the theory that a torpedo blew her in half, though there is some breakage of the hull amidships. Her massive pagoda bridge structure was found broken off and lying some distance away from the main wreck.
**# Torpedoes caused progressive flooding, upending and capsizing her within forty minutes.
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**# Torpedoes struck a magazine, causing a spectacular explosion and splitting in two with each half remaining afloat and burning for an hour. ''This seems to be increasingly discounted.''
      
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