USS Fanning (DD-37)
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. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
| 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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| United States | |
| Name | USCG Fanning (CG-11) |
| Acquired | 7 June 1924 |
| Commissioned | 30 May 1925 |
| Decommissioned | 1 April 1930 |
| Identification | Hull symbol:CG-11 |
| Fate | transferred back to the United States Navy, 24 November 1930 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Paulding-class destroyer |
| Displacement | |
| 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. Her namesake was 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. She was classified DD-37 on 17 July 1920.