USS Monaghan (DD-32)
USS Monaghan (DD-32) at anchor, circa 1912. | |
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| United States | |
| Name | Monaghan |
| Namesake | Ensign John R. Monaghan |
| Builder | Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia |
| Cost | $644,102.64 |
| Laid down | 1 June 1910 |
| Launched | 18 February 1911 |
| Sponsored by | Mrs. Frank J. Gavin, sister of the late Ens. Monaghan |
| Commissioned | 21 June 1911 |
| Decommissioned | 4 November 1919 |
| Stricken | 5 July 1934 |
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| Notes | Monaghan lost her name to new construction on 1 July 1933 |
| United States | |
| Name | Monaghan |
| Acquired | 7 June 1924 |
| Commissioned | 30 June 1925 |
| Decommissioned | 29 January 1931 |
| Identification | Hull symbol:CG-15 |
| Fate | returned to the US Navy |
| 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 Monaghan (DD-32) was a modified Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and later in the United States Coast Guard, designated (CG-15). She was named for Ensign John R. Monaghan.
Monaghan was laid down on 1 June 1910 by Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia; launched on 18 February 1911; sponsored by Mrs. F. J. Gavin, sister of Ensign Monaghan; and commissioned on 21 June 1911, Lieutenant Commander W. P. Cronan in command.