USS Macdonough (DDG-39)
USS MacDonough (DDG-39)
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | MacDonough |
Namesake | Thomas MacDonough |
Builder | Bethlehem Steel Corporation |
Laid down | 15 April 1958 |
Launched | 9 July 1959 |
Commissioned | 4 November 1961 |
Decommissioned | 23 October 1992 |
Stricken | 30 November 1992 |
Fate | Sold for scrapping |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Farragut-class destroyer |
Displacement | 5,800 tons |
Length | 512.5 ft (156.2 m) |
Beam | 52 ft (16 m) |
Draft | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
Complement | 377 (21 officers + 356 enlisted) |
Armament |
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USS Macdonough (DLG-8/DDG-39) was a
Construction and career
The fourth Macdonough was projected as DL-8, but redesignated DLG-8 prior to
Having undergone an extended shakedown and training period, she reported to her home port at
The guided missile destroyer cruised the Mediterranean Sea until the following fall, taking part in scheduled fleet exercises and training operations. Upon her return to the East Coast of the United States, 26 October, she resumed operations in the Charleston area. With the new year, 1964, Macdonough steamed south to Puerto Rico for training exercises with the 2nd Fleet. During these exercises; she participated in an Atlantic Fleet live-firing anti-air warfare exercise, which included missile firing at drone aircraft. The ship returned to Charleston for 2 weeks in February, and then put out to sea again for carrier exercises off the East Coast followed by helicopter evaluation tests in the Atlantic.[2]
Macdonough's second Mediterranean deployment, 10 July to 22 December 1964, was followed by a 6-month overhaul at the Charleston Naval Shipyard. Coastal operations out of home port occupied the frigate until mid-September 1965, when she proceeded to the Atlantic Fleet Missile Range and then to
On 8 April 1966, Macdonough returned to South Carolina and once again resumed operations and fleet and squadron exercises along the southern east coast and in the Caribbean Sea. During the summer a midshipman training cruise took the frigate to several east coast ports and to the Caribbean. After participating in "LANTFLEX 66," and AAW/ASW/amphibious exercise, she returned to Charleston on 16 December.
After conducting further exercises off the east coast, Macdonough prepared once again for overseas movement; and, on 2 May 1967, she departed Charleston for her fourth Mediterranean cruise. She conducted summer midshipmen training, visited various Mediterranean ports and participate in several joint exercises with ships of allied navies, returning to South Carolina 28 October.
Macdonough continued operating with the 2nd Fleet until May 1968 when she again deployed to the Mediterranean, returning to her home port in September. She remained off the east coast into 1969.
Decommissioning
Commissioned as a guided missile frigate (DLG), the USS MacDONOUGH was reclassified as guided missile destroyer (DDG) on June 30, 1975, changing its hullnumber from DLG 8 to DDG 39.[4]
The ship was decommissioned on October 23, 1992, and stricken from the Navy list on November 20, 1992. On December 16, 1994, the MacDONOUGH was finally sold for scrapping.[5]
Notes
- ^ Crazy Ivan, 169
- ^ "Mittelmeer Kreuzfahrt".
- ^ Melson, June 1967, p.31
- ^ "USS MacDonough (DDG 39)". Retrieved 20 August 2023.
- ^ "Macdonough IV (DLG‑8)". Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Capt. Lewis B. Melson, U. S. Navy (June 1967). "Contact 261". Proceedings. 93/6/772. United States Naval Institute Proceedings.
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