USS Mahan (DD-102)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Mahan.
USS Mahan (DD-102) was a Wickes-class destroyer built for the United States Navy. Commissioned in 1918, Mahan was a flush deck destroyer, and the first ship to be named for Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan. Her main battery consisted of four 4-inch/50 caliber guns.
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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 |
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