USS Monaghan (DD-354)
USS Monaghan (DD-354)
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| Name: | Monaghan (DD-354) |
| Namesake: | John R. Monaghan |
| Builder: | Boston Navy Yard |
| Laid down: | 21 November 1933 |
| Launched: | 9 January 1935 |
| Commissioned: | 19 April 1935 |
| Fate: | Foundered in storm, 18 December 1944 |
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| Class and type: | Farragut-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,500 tons |
| Length: | 341 ft 3 in (104.01 m) |
| Beam: | 34 ft 3 in (10.44 m) |
| Draft: | 8 ft 10 in (2.69 m) |
| Speed: | 36.5 kts (68 km/h) |
| Complement: | 100 officers and enlisted |
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USS Monaghan (DD-354) was the last ship built of the Farragut-class destroyer design. She was named for Ensign John R. Monaghan. Monaghan was laid down on November 21, 1933 at the Boston Navy Yard, and launched on January 9, 1935. She was sponsored by Miss Mary F. Monaghan, niece of Ensign Monaghan, and commissioned on 19 April 1935, with Commander R. R. Thompson in command. During the next few years Monaghan operated primarily in the North Atlantic, training US Navy personnel who served in World War II. Monaghan was present during the Pearl Harbor raid on December 7, 1941. She participated in the Battle of the Coral Sea and the Battle of Midway in 1942. Monaghan was sunk in a typhoon east of the Philippines in 1944.
On December 7, 1941, Monaghan was a ready duty destroyer in Pearl Harbor, and at 07:51 was ordered to join Ward, who had just sunk an unidentified submarine off the entrance to Pearl Harbor an hour earlier. Four minutes later, before Monaghan could get underway, the Japanese air attack began. Monaghan opened fire, and at 08:27 was underway to join Ward when notified of the presence of a Ko-hyoteki class midget submarine in the harbor. Monaghan headed for the trespasser and the captain giving the order to ram. The submarine turned and fired its torpedo at the Monaghan. It missed, passing within 50 yards of the destroyer's starboard side. The Monaghan rammed the submarine glancingly, then sank it with two depth charges. Because of the shallowness of the harbor, when the depth charges detonated, the explosions lifted the Monaghan's stern out of the water. The destroyer then went out of control and smashed into a barge.
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