USS Macdonough (DD-9)

	USS Macdonough (DD-9) at anchor in 1908.
History
United States
Name	Macdonough
Namesake	Commodore (United States) Thomas Macdonough awarded Congressional Gold Medal
Builder	Fore River Ship & Engine Company, Weymouth, Massachusetts
Laid down	21 April 1899
Launched	24 December 1900
Sponsored by	Miss Lucy Shaler Macdonough, granddaughter of Commodore Thomas Macdonough
Commissioned	5 September 1903
Decommissioned	3 September 1919
Stricken	7 November 1919
Identification	Hull symbol: DD-7; Code letters: NJH; ;
Fate	Sold, 10 March 1920
General characteristics
Class & type	Lawrence-class destroyer sub-class of Bainbridge-class destroyer
Displacement	400 long tons (410 t) (standard)
Length	246 ft 3 in (75.06 m) (oa)
Beam	22 ft 3 in (6.78 m)
Draft	9 ft 5 in (2.87 m)
Installed power	8,400 shp (6,300 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Vertical triple expansion engines; 2 × shaft;
Speed	30 kn (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Capacity	108 short tons (98 t) coal
Complement	73 officers and enlisted
Armament	2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns (removed in 1906 after trials found them to be too heavy for ship); 5 × 6-pounder 57 mm (2.2 in) guns (added 2 more in 1906 when 3" guns were removed); 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes;

The first USS Macdonough (DD-9) was a Lawrence-class destroyer, which was a sub-class of Bainbridge-class destroyer, in the United States Navy. She was named for Commodore Thomas Macdonough

History
USS Macdonough (DD-9) at anchor in 1908.
United States
Name	Macdonough
Namesake	Commodore (United States) Thomas Macdonough awarded Congressional Gold Medal
Builder	Fore River Ship & Engine Company, Weymouth, Massachusetts
Laid down	21 April 1899
Launched	24 December 1900
Sponsored by	Miss Lucy Shaler Macdonough, granddaughter of Commodore Thomas Macdonough
Commissioned	5 September 1903
Decommissioned	3 September 1919
Stricken	7 November 1919
Identification	Hull symbol: DD-7 Code letters: NJH
Fate	Sold, 10 March 1920
General characteristics
Class & type	Lawrence-class destroyer sub-class of Bainbridge-class destroyer
Displacement	400 long tons (410 t) (standard)
Length	246 ft 3 in (75.06 m) (oa)
Beam	22 ft 3 in (6.78 m)
Draft	9 ft 5 in (2.87 m)
Installed power	8,400 shp (6,300 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Vertical triple expansion engines 2 × shaft
Speed	30 kn (35 mph; 56 km/h)
Capacity	108 short tons (98 t) coal
Complement	73 officers and enlisted
Armament	2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns (removed in 1906 after trials found them to be too heavy for ship) 5 × 6-pounder 57 mm (2.2 in) guns (added 2 more in 1906 when 3" guns were removed) 2 × 18 in (460 mm) torpedo tubes