USS Fanning (DD-37)
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USS Fanning (DD-37), in port, probably at Queenstown, Ireland, after her 17 November 1917 fight with the German submarine U-58. She is painted in pattern camouflage.
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| Name: | Fanning |
| Namesake: | Lieutenant Nathaniel Fanning |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia |
| Cost: | $639,526.91 |
| Laid down: | 29 April 1911 |
| Launched: | 11 January 1912 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. Kenneth McAlpine |
| Commissioned: | 21 June 1912 |
| Decommissioned: | 24 November 1919 |
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| Fate: | transferred to the United States Coast Guard, 7 June 1924 |
| Status: | sold for scrapping, 2 May 1934, scrapped in 1934 in accordance with the terms of the London Treaty for the Limitation and Reduction of Naval Armaments |
| Notes: | Action of 17 November 1917 |
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Fanning in Coast Guard service
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| Name: | USCG Fanning (CG-11) |
| Acquired: | 7 June 1924 |
| Commissioned: | 30 May 1925 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 April 1930 |
| Identification: | Hull symbol:CG-18 |
| Fate: | transferred back to the United States Navy, 24 November 1930 |
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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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The first USS Fanning (DD-37) was a modified Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and later in the United States Coast Guard, designated as CG-11. She was named for Nathaniel Fanning.
Fanning was launched on 11 January 1912 by Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia; sponsored by Mrs. Kenneth McAlpine; and commissioned on 21 June 1912, Lieutenant W. N. Jeffers in command. She was classified DD-37 on 17 July 1920.
In the years that preceded World War I, Fanning took part in the training schedule of the Atlantic Fleet, sailing to the Caribbean for winter maneuvers, and exercising off the coast of New England in the summers. Based at Norfolk, Virginia during the major portion of each year, she joined in gunnery practice in this area.
As war raged in Europe, Fanning intensified her preparations for any eventuality. When two German auxiliary cruisers visited Norfolk in September 1916, Fanning acted as part of their escort while they sailed in United States territorial waters. On 8 October, Fanning put out of Newport, Rhode Island, to search for the crews of ships sunk not far from Nantucket Light Ship by the German submarine U-58. The destroyer recovered six survivors and landed them at Newport, Rhode Island the next day. The presence of U-58 led to the speculation that a secret German submarine base might exist in the Long Island Sound—Block Island Sound area; Fanning searched from 12 October to 14 October for evidence of such a base but found nothing, and returned to her regular operating schedule.
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