USS Macdonough (DD-351)
USS Macdonough (DD-351)
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| Name: | Macdonough (DD-351) |
| Namesake: | Thomas Macdonough |
| Builder: | Boston Navy Yard |
| Laid down: | 15 May 1933 |
| Launched: | 22 August 1934 |
| Commissioned: | 15 March 1935 |
| Decommissioned: | 22 October 1945 |
| Struck: | 1 November 1945 |
| Fate: | sold 20 December 1946 and broken up for scrap |
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| Class and type: | Farragut-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,395 tons |
| Length: | 341 ft 4 in (104.04 m) |
| Beam: | 34 ft 3 in (10.44 m) |
| Draft: | 15 ft 6 in (4.72 m) |
| Propulsion: | Curtis geared turbines, twin screws; 21,400 shaft hp each |
| Speed: | 36 kts (67 km/h) |
| Range: | 6500 nmi at 12 knots (12,000 km at 22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 160 officers and enlisted |
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The third USS Macdonough (DD-351) was a Farragut-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Thomas Macdonough.
Macdonough was laid down 15 May 1933 by the Boston Navy Yard; launched 22 August 1934; sponsored by Miss Rose Shaler Macdonough, granddaughter of Commodore Thomas Macdonough; and commissioned 15 March 1935, Commander Charles S. Alden in command.
Following an extensive shakedown cruise to Europe and western South America, Macdonough joined the Pacific Fleet and operated out of San Diego, California until 12 October 1939. She then shifted to a new home port, Pearl Harbor, as part of Destroyer Squadron 1. In port 7 December 1941 during the attack on Pearl Harbor, Macdonough downed one of the Japanese attack planes before heading out to sea to join others in the search for the Japanese task force. For the next 3½ months, the destroyer performed scouting assignments southwest of Oahu. Before returning to Pearl Harbor to escort convoys to and from west coast ports, she steamed as far as New Guinea, supporting airstrikes on Bougainville, Salamaua, and Lae.
Macdonough returned to the western Pacific to prepare for the Guadalcanal invasion. Operating with Saratoga, she provided cover for the landings on Guadalcanal and Tulagi, 7 August 1942. She remained in the area, taking part in the Battle of Savo Island and fighting aircraft and shipping during the landing of reinforcements on the island. At the end of September, she commenced escort work between New Guinea, Espiritu Santo, and Pearl Harbor until reporting to Mare Island, 22 December, for overhaul.
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