USS Beale (DD-40)
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USS Beale (DD-40) moored to a buoy at Queenstown, Ireland, in 1918. She is painted in pattern camouflage.
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| Name: | Beale |
| Namesake: | Lieutenant (navy) Edward Fitzgerald Beale |
| Builder: | William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Cost: | $669,168.12 (hull and machinery) |
| Laid down: | 8 May 1911 |
| Launched: | 30 April 1912 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Emily Beale McLean, the daughter of Lt. Beale |
| Commissioned: | 30 September 1912 |
| Decommissioned: | 25 October 1919 |
| Struck: | 28 June 1934 |
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| Fate: | transferred to the United States Coast Guard |
| Status: | sold for scrap 22 August 1934, scrapped in accordance with the terms of the London Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armaments |
| Notes: | Patterson lost her name to new construction on July 5, 1934 |
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USS Beale in Coast Guard service
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| Name: | Beale |
| Acquired: | 28 April 1924 |
| Commissioned: | 26 October 1924 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 June 1930 |
| Identification: | Hull symbol:CG-9 |
| Fate: | Returned to the Navy |
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| Class and type: | Paulding-class destroyer |
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| Length: | 293 ft 10 in (89.56 m) |
| Beam: | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
| Draft: | 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) (mean) |
| Installed power: | 12,000 ihp (8,900 kW) |
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| Complement: | 4 officers 87 enlisted |
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USS Beale (DD-40), a Paulding-class destroyer served in the United States Navy during World War I and later with the United States Coast Guard. She was the first ship of the Navy to be named for Edward Fitzgerald Beale.
Beale was launched on 30 April 1912 and was commissioned on 30 August 1912, Lieutenant, junior grade C. T. Blackburn in command. She served in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea until 1915 and with the Atlantic Fleet from 1916 until being decommissioned in 1919. She was transferred to the United States Coast Guard in 1924. From 1924 to 1930 she operated to prevent rum-runners from illegally bringing alcoholic beverages into the United States. Beale was scrapped in 1934.
Beale was launched on 30 April 1912 by William Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Company of Philadelphia. She was sponsored by Mrs. John R. McLean, daughter of Lieutenant Beale. It was commissioned on 30 August 1912, Lieutenant, junior grade C. T. Blackburn in command.
Beale joined the 5th Group, Torpedo Flotilla of the Atlantic Fleet, and cruised along the Atlantic coast and in Mexican and Caribbean waters until placed in reserve on 13 December 1915. She was reactivated with a reduced crew on 5 January 1916 and served on Neutrality Patrol along the Atlantic coast until placed in full commission on 22 March 1917. She joined the Atlantic Destroyer Force and arrived at Queenstown, Ireland on 5 February 1918.
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