USS Mahan (DD-102)
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Mahan |
| Namesake | Alfred Thayer Mahan |
| Builder | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 4 May 1918 |
| Launched | 4 August 1918 |
| Commissioned | 24 October 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 1 May 1920 |
| Reclassified | Light minelayer, DM-7, 17 July 1920 |
| Stricken | 22 October 1930 |
| Fate | Sold for scrap, 17 January 1931 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 1,060 tons |
| Length | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
| Beam | 30 ft 11 in (9.42 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Complement | 133 officers and enlisted |
| Armament |
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USS Mahan (DD-102) was a
Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan. Her main battery consisted of four 4-inch/50 caliber guns
.
Background
Norman Friedman, a naval historian, observed in U.S. Destroyers that the
Caldwell class destroyer.[1]
Design
General characteristics
USS Mahan (DD-102) was a
Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan and laid down on 4 May 1918. She was launched on 4 August 1918, and sponsored by Miss Ellen K. Mahan, niece of Rear Admiral Mahan. The ship was commissioned on 24 October 1918 – less than one month prior to the end of the First World War. Mahan was decommissioned on 1 May 1920.[Note 1]
[3]
Mahan was built with a
standard load. The ship's overall length was 314 feet 5 inches (95.8 m), the beam was 30 feet 11 inches (9.4 m) and her draft
was 8 feet 6 inches (2.6 m). The ship's complement was 133 officers and enlisted men.
Machinery and armament
Service history
After her
NC-4. Mahan returned to Boston, Massachusetts, via Brest, France, on 21 June. She was converted into a light minelayer
on 17 July 1920 and designated as DM-7.
With the exception of a cruise to
United States East Coast, in the Caribbean Sea, and off the Panama Canal Zone for the next 10 years. During this time, the destroyer participated in fleet training exercises, and patrolled courses for the International Six Meter Sailing Races of 1922 and 1927. Mahan assisted in salvage operations for submarines S-51 in September 1925 off Block Island, and did so for S-4, periodically, from 17 December 1927 through mid-March 1928 off Provincetown, Massachusetts
. Mahan conducted reserve-training cruises in the Caribbean Sea from 1928 to September 1929. Throughout the decade, in addition to her regular duties, Mahan served as an experimental ship testing new equipment for the Navy's future use.
Fiction
USS Mahan was used in the
Amagi
.
References
Footnotes
- ^ After Mahan was decommissioned on 1 May 1920, she was reclassified on 17 May 1920 as a DM-7 minelayer. The ship was stricken from the Navy's Register on 22 October 1930, and was sold for scrap on 17 January 1931 to the Boston Iron & Metal Company of Baltimore, Maryland. [2]
Citations
- ^ Friedman 2004, p. 39.
- ^ NHHC
- ^ NHHC
Bibliography
- Cutler, Deborah, W. , Thomas J. (2005). Dictionary of Naval Terms (6th ed.). Annoplis, MD: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-59114-150-8.)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - Destroyer History Foundation. "Flush Deckers". Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ISBN 1-55750-442-3.
- Lardas, Mark (2018). US Flush-Deck Destroyers 1916-45, Caldwell, Wickes, and Clemson classes. UK: Osprey Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4728-1997-0.
- NHHC. "Mahan". Naval History and Heritage. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
