USS Monaghan (DD-32)
USS Monaghan (DD-32) at anchor, circa 1912.
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United States | |
Name | Monaghan |
Namesake | Ensign John R. Monaghan |
Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia |
Cost | $644,102.64[1] |
Laid down | 1 June 1910 |
Launched | 18 February 1911 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Frank J. Gavin, sister of the late Ens. Monaghan |
Commissioned | 21 June 1911 |
Decommissioned | 4 November 1919 |
Stricken | 5 July 1934 |
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Fate |
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Notes | Monaghan lost her name to new construction on 1 July 1933 |
United States | |
Name | Monaghan |
Acquired | 7 June 1924[2] |
Commissioned | 30 June 1925[2] |
Decommissioned | 29 January 1931[2] |
Identification | Hull symbol:CG-15 |
Fate | returned to the US Navy |
General characteristics [3] | |
Class and type | Paulding-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 293 ft 10 in (89.56 m) |
Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
Draft | 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) (mean)[5] |
Installed power | 12,000 ihp (8,900 kW) |
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Complement | 4 officers 87 enlisted[4] |
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The first USS Monaghan (DD-32) was a modified Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and later in the United States Coast Guard, designated (CG-15). She was named for Ensign John R. Monaghan.
Monaghan was laid down on 1 June 1910 by
W. P. Cronan
in command.
World War I
Joining the
Armistice a year later, Monaghan made antisubmarine patrols against the U-boat
menace in European waters. Returning from occupation duty, Monaghan decommissioned at Philadelphia on 4 November 1919.
Inter-war period
Monaghan was transferred to the Coast Guard on 7 June 1924 to serve in the
Boston, Massachusetts
in 1930.
She was returned to the Navy on 8 May 1931. Her name was dropped on 1 July 1933 so that it might be assigned to a new destroyer, and she was sold to Michael Flynn of Brooklyn, New York on 22 August 1934 for scrapping in accordance with the London Naval Treaty.
References
- ^ "Table 21 – Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 762. 1921.
- ^ a b c Record of Movements Vessels of the United States Coast Guard 1790 -December 31, 1933 (PDF). Washington: TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 1989. p. 446.
- ^ "USS Monaghan (DD-32)". Navsource.org. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
- ^ "Table 16 – Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 749. 1921.
- ^ a b "Table 10 – Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 714. 1921.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery of USS Monaghan at NavSource Naval History