In November 1912, the General Board offered several alternatives to reduce the size of the destroyer, and was convinced by C&R that the most practical solution was a design that shared much with the "O'Brien" class: matching that class' main battery and torpedo load but with a design speed of and the desired steaming radius. The General Board also specified that the ships be equipped with "two aeroplane guns, if they can be developed and installed", have provisions for laying thirty-six mines, and a strengthened bow for ramming. The C&R design for the "Tucker" class, DD-57 through DD-62, was approved by the Secretary of the Navy in December 1912, and authorized by Congress in 1913.