USS Mahan (DD-102)
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| Name: | Mahan |
| Namesake: | Alfred Thayer Mahan |
| Builder: | Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Laid down: | 4 May 1918 |
| Launched: | 4 August 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 24 October 1918 |
| Decommissioned: | 1 May 1930 |
| Reclassified: | 17 July 1920, as DM-7 |
| Struck: | 22 October 1930 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 17 January 1931 |
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| Class and type: | Wickes-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,060 tons |
| Length: | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
| Beam: | 30 ft 11 in (9.42 m) |
| Draft: | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Complement: | 133 officers and enlisted |
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The first USS Mahan (DD-102) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy, named for Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan. The ship was converted into a light minelayer on 17 July 1920 and designated as DM-7.
Mahan was a flush deck destroyer; so-called because she was designed without a raised forecastle like past US destroyers. The ship had four smokestacks, and was built with a fuller hull for increased strength. The flush deck destroyers included the Caldwell, Wickes and Clemson classes, which were often referred to as the flush deckers or the four stackers.
Mahan's keel was laid down on 4 May 1918 by the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 4 August 1918, sponsored by Miss Ellen K. Mahan, niece of Rear Admiral Mahan. The ship was commissioned on 24 October 1918 with Lieutenant Commander F. P. Conger in command.
After shakedown, Mahan operated off Cuba until May 1919. She then steamed to the Azores to become one of the guide ships for the transatlantic flights of the Navy flying boats: NC-1, NC-3, and NC-4. Mahan returned to Boston, Massachusetts, via Brest, France, on 21 June. She was converted into a light minelayer on 17 July 1920 and designated as DM-7.
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