USS Mahan (DDG-42)
USS Mahan (DDG-42) | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Mahan |
| Namesake | Alfred Thayer Mahan |
| Ordered | 18 November 1955 |
| Builder | San Francisco Naval Shipyard |
| Laid down | 31 July 1957 |
| Launched | 7 October 1959 |
| Acquired | 31 December 1960 |
| Commissioned | 25 December 1960 |
| Decommissioned | 15 June 1993 |
| Stricken | 15 June 1993 |
| Identification | DDG-42 |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Farragut-class guided missile 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 | 36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 377 (21 officers + 356 enlisted) |
| Sensors & processing systems | |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | AN/SLQ-32 |
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USS Mahan (DLG-11/DDG-42), was a Farragut-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan USN (1840–1914). The ship was laid down as DLG-11 by the San Francisco Naval Shipyard on 31 July 1957 and launched on 7 October 1959. Mahan was sponsored by Mrs. H. P. Smith, wife of Vice Adm. Harold Page Smith, and commissioned on 25 December 1960. Mahan was reclassified as a guided missile destroyer on 30 June 1975 and designated DDG-42. USS Mahan was decommissioned on 15 June 1993 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on the same day.