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* Excellent concealment allows her work in very close to targets before launching torpedoes.
* Highly maneuverable.
* Low, flush-deck profile makes her a difficult target.
* Torpedoes reload amazingly fast.  

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* Very little armor.
* Anti-aircraft suite is essentially useless; luckily, she shouldn't see aircraft carriers.  
* Sheds a lot of speed while maneuvering.
* Main battery reload time is painfully slow.

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Availability of researchable upgrades for ''{{#var:ship_name}}'' is as follows: 
* '''Hull:'''  Upgrade to Hull (B) for a touch more health, improved rudder shift speed, and an extra AA gun.  Research of this module unlocks progression to ''[[Wickes]]''.
* '''Torpedoes:'''  The upgraded torpedoes move notably quicker, as well as hitting a little harder.  Their range does not improve.  Hull (B) must be researched in order to research this module.
* '''Gun Fire Control System:'''  Upgrade to Mk3 mod. 2 for an extra 10% range on the main battery. 

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''{{#var:ship_name}}'' can equip the following consumables:
* '''Slot 1:'''  {{Damage Control Party}}
* '''Slot 2:'''  {{Smoke Generator}}
* '''Slot 3:'''  {{Engine Boost}}

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File:Sampson_Hull_A.jpg|Hull A
File:T216Sampson1050ti.jpg|Hull B
File:Sampson_Hull_B_Type1.jpg|Type 1 Camo on Hull B
File:Sampson_Hull_B_Type2.jpg|Type 2 Camo on Hull B
File:Sampson_Hull_B_Type5.jpg|Type 5 Camo on Hull B

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===Construction===
:Fore River Shipbuilding Company; Quincy, Massachusetts, USA
:Laid down: 21 April 1915
:Launched: 4 March 1916
:Commissioned: 27 June 1916

===Specifications===
:1,111 tons displacement, standard
:96.1m length
:9.32m beam
:3.28m draft

====Machinery====
:4 boilers, 2 turbines

====Performance====
:29.5 knots at 17,700 shaft horsepower
:2,500nm at 20 knots

====Armament====
=====Main=====
:Four (4x1) 100mm guns
=====Torpedoes=====
:Twelve (4x3) 533mm torpedo tubes

===Design===
The ''Sampson''-class destroyers were a series of six destroyers built for the US Navy during World War I. The class was a modification of the ''O'Brien'' and ''Tucker'' classes, with the primary change being an increase in torpedo firepower. They were the largest and last of the 26 "thousand tonner" destroyers.

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File:USS_Sampson_sl.jpg|Launching of USS ''Sampson'' (DD-63) at Quincy, Massachusetts, 4 March 1916.  
File:Rowan_running_trials_-_22JUL1916.jpg|USS ''Rowan'' (DD-64) running trials, 22 July 1916.  Note the ship's very dirty paintwork and incomplete condition, with weights installed in place of her guns.
File:USS_Shaw_Build_2.jpg|Launching of USS ''Shaw'' (DD-68) at Mare Island, California, 9 December 1916.
File:USS_Davis_Hampton_Roads.jpg|USS ''Davis'' (DD-65) anchored off of Hampton Roads, Virginia, 10 December 1916.
File:USS_Sampson_anchor.jpg|''Sampson'' anchored off of Hampton Roads, Virginia, 13 December 1916.
File:Uss_Sampson_class_destroyer.png|USS ''Allen'' (DD-66) anchored at Queenstown, Ireland, circa 1918.
File:USS_Shaw_Aquitania_3.jpg|Damage to ''Shaw'' after her collision with RMS ''Aquitania'' on 9 October 1918.
File:USS_Wilkes_1916.jpg|USS ''Wilkes'' (DD-67) on patrol during the Prohibition Era, undated.  
File:USS_Davis_Coast_Guard_3.jpg|''Davis'' in Boston Harbor on 20 February 1932, during her years of service with the US Coast Guard.  
File:USS_Allen_Perl_Harbor_2.jpg|''Allen'' underway off Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, 17 December 1942.  She was the only flush-deck destroyer to serve in World War II.  
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# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Sampson_(DD-63) USS ''Sampson'' (DD-63) - Wikipedia]
# [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampson-class_destroyer ''Sampson''-class destroyer - Wikipedia]

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*Added to the game in Update 0.2.2 (alpha) as a Tier 3 tech tree destroyer.
*Update 0.3.0:
**Moved from Tier III to Tier II.
*Update 0.5.0:
**Main battery turret rotation speed  increased from 10 to 11.5 degrees per second.
**The Experience and Credit earnings were reduced by a value in the range of 5-10%.
*Update 0.5.2:
**Credit earnings increased by 5%.
*Update 0.5.3:
**Credit earnings increased by 2%.
*Update 0.5.7:
**The armor model of the hull was refined.
*Update 0.5.8:
**The rotation sector of the main battery turret No. 1 is equal to 360°.
*Update 0.6.9:
**Improved appearance with the use of a special technology for improved rendering of thin elements (rigging).
*Update 0.6.12:
**Detectability when firing main guns in smoke changed to 1.95 km.
*Update 0.6.13:
**Fire extinguishing time now 30 s instead of 60 s.
*Update 0.7.9:
**Range of stock and upgraded torpedoes increased from 4.5 to 5 km.
*Update 0.8.3:
**The ship's detectability in smoke after firing was rounded up to 2 km.
*Update 0.8.5:
**Credit earnings decreased by 5%.
**Experience earnings reduced by 5%.
*Update 0.10.5:
**Fixed geometry and textures of the ship.
*Update 0.11.6:
**Ship's 3D model changed, resulting in:
***0.02 m decrease in draught.
***0.1 m increase in hull height.
***0.06 m decrease in waterline length.
***0.03 m increase in total length.
**457 mm torpedoes have been replaced with 533 mm torpedos. The technical characteristics of the torpedoes did not change.
**Aiming sector of the first and second torpedo launchers increased by 5 degrees.
**Mid-range AA defenses of Hull A has been decreased to short-range:
***AA defenses action range decreased from 2.5 to 1.5 km.
***Damage increased from 7 to 17.
***Hit chances decreased from 100% to 95%.
**Amount of HP in the superstructure of Hull A increased from 200 to 300.
**Amount of HP in the stern of Hull A decreased from 900 to 800.
**Amount of HP in the superstructure of Hull B increased from 200 to 300.
*Update 0.11.9:
**Minor fixes to geometry and textures of the ship.
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