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USS Jarvis (DD-38) is damaged in a collision with USS Benham (DD-49), suffering damage to her bow. At Brest the damaged bow was removed and the gap plugged with concrete by a repair gang from USS Prometheus (AR-3), the station ship at Brest. The Jarvis then moved to Birkenhead under her own power to have a new bow installed. The work was completed by September 1918.
U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History, Norman Friedmann .
The standard history of the development of American destroyers, from the earliest torpedo boat destroyers to the post-war fleet, and covering the massive classes of destroyers built for both World Wars. Gives the reader a good understanding of the debates that surrounded each class of destroyer and led to their individual features.
