USS Macdonough (DD-351)
Service
- as Macdonough (DD-351)15 March 1935 — 22 October 19452,193 days of the war
- Name
- USS Macdonough
- Pennant / hull number
- 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 for scrap, 20 December 1946 (1946)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,395 long tons (1,417 t)
- Length
- 103.94 m (341 ft)
- Beam
- 10.36 m (34 ft)
- Draught
- 4.57 m (15 ft)
- Speed
- 36 knots (66.7 km/h, 41.4 mph)
- Range
- 6,500 nmi (12,038 km)
- Complement
- 160
- Main gun
- 127 mm (5 in)
USS Macdonough was a Farragut-class destroyer of the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number DD-351. She was named for Thomas Macdonough. Boston Navy Yard laid her keel on 15 May 1933. She entered service on 15 March 1935, having been launched on 22 August 1934.
Eight ships of the class were built. The class followed the Clemson-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Porter-class destroyer.
Displacement was 1,395 long tons. She measured 103.9 m (341 ft) long with a beam of 10.4 m (34 ft). Her designed speed was 36 knots, and she carried a complement of 160. Her main battery was of 127 mm (5 in) calibre.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 22 October 1945. She was struck from the register on 1 November 1945.
She was broken up for scrap on 20 December 1946.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- Curtis geared turbines, twin screws; 21,400 shaft hp each
- Armament
- As Built:
- 5 × 5"(127mm)/38cal DP (5×1)
- 8 × 21 inch (533 mm) T Tubes (2×4)
- 4 × .50cal (12.7mm) MG AA (4×1)
- c1943:
- 1 × Mk 33 Gun Fire Control System
- 4 × 5" (127mm)/38cal DP (4×1)
- 8 × 21" (533 mm) T Tubes (2×4)
- 5 × Oerlikon 20 mm AA (5×1)
- 2 × Mk 51 Gun Directors
- 4 × Bofors 40 mm AA (2×2)
- 2 × Depth Charge stern racks
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Macdonough (DD-351) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/images/h42000/h42540.jpg Photo #: NH 42540 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons