USS Smith (DD–17) was the lead ship of her class of destroyers in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the first ship named for Lieutenant Joseph B. Smith. Smith was laid down on 18 March 1908 by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, launched on 20 April 1909, sponsored by Mrs. Edward Bridge Richardson; and commissioned on 26 November 1909, Lieutenant Commander D. F. Boyd in command.