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USS Conyngham (DD-58)

Conyngham in pattern camouflage
Conyngham in pattern camouflage
History
United States
Name: Conyngham
Namesake: Gustavus Conyngham
Ordered: 1913
Builder:
Yard number: 419
Laid down: 27 July 1914
Launched: 8 July 1915
Sponsored by: Miss A. C. Stevens
Commissioned: 21 January 1916
Decommissioned: 23 June 1922
Struck: 5 July 1934
Identification:
Fate: transferred to U.S. Coast Guard, 7 June 1924
Status: Sold on 22 August 1934
USCGC Conyngham (CG-2), ex-USS Conyngham (DD-58), on Coast Guard service during the Prohibition Era.
USCGC Conyngham (CG-2), ex-USS Conyngham (DD-58), on Coast Guard service during the Prohibition Era.
United States
Name: Conyngham
Acquired: 7 June 1924
Commissioned: 8 March 1925, Cape May, New Jersey
Decommissioned: 5 June 1933
Identification: Hull symbol:CG-2
Fate: returned to U.S. Navy, 30 June 1933
General characteristics
Class and type: Tucker-class destroyer
Displacement:
  • 1,090 long tons (1,110 t)
  • 1,205 long tons (1,224 t) fully loaded
Length: 315 ft 3 in (96.09 m)
Beam: 30 ft 7 in (9.32 m)
Draft:
  • 9 ft 4 1⁄2 in (2.858 m) (mean)
  • 10 ft 5 in (3.18 m) (max)
Installed power:
Propulsion:
Speed:
  • 29.5 kn (33.9 mph; 54.6 km/h)
  • 29.63 kn (34.10 mph; 54.87 km/h) (Speed on Trial)
Complement: 5 officers 96 enlisted
Armament:

USS Conyngham (Destroyer No. 58/DD-58) was a Tucker-class destroyer built for the United States Navy prior to the American entry into World War I. The ship was the first U.S. Navy vessel named for Gustavus Conyngham.

Conyngham was laid down by the William Cramp and Sons of Philadelphia, in July 1914 and launched in July of the following year. The ship was a little more than 315 feet (96 m) in length, just over 30 feet (9.1 m) abeam, and had a standard displacement of 1,090 long tons (1,110 t). She was armed with four 4-inch (10 cm) guns and had eight 21-inch (530 mm) torpedo tubes. Conyngham was powered by a pair of steam turbines that propelled her at up to 29.5 knots (54.6 km/h).

After her January 1916 commissioning, Conyngham sailed in the Atlantic and the Caribbean. After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, Conyngham was part of the first U.S. destroyer squadron sent overseas. Patrolling the Irish Sea out of Queenstown, Ireland, Conyngham made several rescues of passengers and crew from ships sunk by U-boats. Conyngham's commander was commended for actions related to what was thought at the time to be a "probable" kill of a German submarine.

Upon returning to the United State in December 1918, Conyngham underwent repairs at the Boston Navy Yard. She remained there in reduced commission through 1921, with only brief episodes of activity. After returning to active service for about a year, she was decommissioned in June 1922. In June 1924, Conyngham was transferred to the United States Coast Guard to help enforce Prohibition as a part of the "Rum Patrol". She operated under the name USCGC Conyngham (CG-2) until 1933, when she was returned to the Navy. Later that year, the ship was renamed DD-58 to free the name Conyngham for another destroyer. She was sold for scrap in August 1934.


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