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DD-28 USS MCCALL

CLASS - PAULDING As Built.
Displacement 742 Tons, Dimensions, 293' 10" (oa) x 26' 11" x 9' 5" (Max)
Armament 5 x 3"/50, 3 x 18" tt..
Machinery, 12,000 SHP; Direct Drive Turbines, 3 screws
Speed, 29.5 Knots, Crew 86.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by New York Shipbuilding, Camden on June 9 1909.
Launched June 4 1910 and commissioned January 23 1911.
McCall was decommissioned at Philadelphia December 12 1919
and berthed with the reserve fleet until She was loaned to the
Coast Guard as CG-14 June 7 1924. Returned October 18 1930.
Stricken June 28 1934.
Fate Under the terms of the Washington Naval Treaty McCall was sold and broken up for scrap in 1934.
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McCall 29kCapt. Edward R. McCall, born in 1790 in South Carolina, was appointed midshipman 1 January 1808. Appointed acting lieutenant in brig Enterprise 16 October 1811, he took command of his ship during her action with HMS Boxer 5 September 1813, early in which Enterprise’s captain, Lt. William Burrows, was mortally wounded. In acknowledgment of his victory over Boxer, McCall received the thanks of Congress and a gold medal. Promoted to captain 3 March 1835, he died at his home in Bordentown, N.J., 1 August 1853.Bill Gonyo
McCall 122kUndated postcard.Bob Seidle
McCall 82kUndated, location unknown.Bob Seidle
McCall 128kUndated, location unknown. Great view of the torpedoes of the period.Bob Seidle
McCall 41kPhoto #: NH 56651, USS Burrows (Destroyer # 29) fitting out at the New York Shipbuilding Company shipyard, Camden, New Jersey, 1910. USS McCall (Destroyer # 28) is also present. Both ships had been launched in June 1910. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
McCall 38kOn Coast Guard service during the Prohibition Era, from the Official Coast Guard Website. Mike Green
USS MCCALL DD-28 History
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Tin Can Sailors Website
Destroyer History Foundation
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Official U.S.Navy Destroyer Website

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