USS Mahan (DDG-42)

USS Mahan (DDG-42)
History
United States
Name	Mahan
Namesake	Alfred Thayer Mahan
Ordered	18 November 1955
Builder	San Francisco Naval Shipyard
Laid down	31 July 1957
Launched	7 October 1959
Acquired	31 December 1960
Commissioned	25 December 1960
Decommissioned	15 June 1993
Stricken	15 June 1993
Identification	DDG-42
Fate	Disposed of by scrapping 18 May 2004
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General characteristics
Class and type	Farragut-class guided missile destroyer
Displacement	5,800 tons
Length	512.5 ft (156.2 m)
Beam	52 ft (16 m)
Draft	25 ft (7.6 m)
Propulsion	4 x 1200psi boilers 2 geared turbines
Speed	36.5 knots (67.6 km/h; 42.0 mph)
Range	4,500 nautical miles (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	377 (21 officers + 356 enlisted)
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPS-48D air-search radar AN/SPS-49 air-search radar AN/SPG-55B fire control radar AN/SPG-53F gun fire control radar
Electronic warfare & decoys	AN/SLQ-32
Armament	1 x Mk 42 5-inch/54 (127 mm/54) caliber gun Mark 46 torpedoes from two Mk-32 triple mounts 1 x Mk 16 ASROC missile launcher 1 x Mk 10 Mod.0 missile launcher for Standard (ER) Missiles 2 x Mk 141 Harpoon missile launchers

USS Mahan (DLG-11/DDG-42), was a Farragut-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan USN (1840–1914). The ship was laid down as DLG-11 by the San Francisco Naval Shipyard on 31 July 1957 and launched on 7 October 1959. Mahan was sponsored by Mrs. H. P. Smith, wife of Vice Adm. Harold Page Smith, and commissioned on 25 December 1960. Mahan was reclassified as a guided missile destroyer on 30 June 1975 and designated DDG-42. USS Mahan was decommissioned on 15 June 1993 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on the same day.