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DD-32 USS MONAGHAN

CLASS - (Repeat) 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 Newport News Shipbuilding on June 1 1910.
Launched February 18 1911 and commissioned June 21 1911.
Monaghan was decommissioned at Philadelphia November 4 1919
and berthed with the reserve fleet until loaned to the Coast Guard as
CG-15 June 7 1924. Returned May 8 1931. Monaghan lost her name to
new construction on July 1 1933.
Stricken July 5 1934.
Fate Sold and broken up for scrap in 1934.

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Monaghan 73kPhoto #: NH 47734. Ensign John R. Monaghan, USN contemporary photograph of an 1897 vintage artwork portrait. Ensign Monaghan was killed in action at Samoa on 1 April 1899. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Monaghan 160kUndated, location unknown. Archives Image 19-N-1740.National Archives
Monaghan 51kPhoto #: NH 95195, USS Monaghan (Destroyer # 32) photographed prior to World War I by Waterman. Courtesy of Jack L. Howland, 1983.Tony Cowart
Monaghan 58kPhoto #: NH 50126, USS Monaghan (Destroyer # 32) at anchor, circa 1912. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Paul Rebold
Monaghan 45kPhoto #: NH 99855, Destroyers at Dry Tortugas coaling station, Florida, 15 March 1914. Members of the Second Division, U.S. Atlantic Fleet Torpedo Flotilla, these ships are (from left to right): USS Monaghan (Destroyer # 32); USS Sterett (Destroyer # 27); and (perhaps) USS Terry (Destroyer # 25). This photo is one of a series from the collection of a USS Walke (Destroyer # 34) crewmember, which was another member of the division. Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.Tony Cowart
Monaghan 94kUSS Monaghan (DD-32) in the right backgorund c1916. In the foreground U.S sailors in waders can be seen tending a Martin Model S tractor seaplane.Robert Hurst
Monaghan 116kUSCG Monaghan (CG-15, ex-USS DD-32), USCG Roe (CG-18, ex-DD-24), USCG McDougal (CG-6, ex-DD-54) and USCG Ammen (ex-DD-35) at New York Navy Yard, 20 October 1926.Robert Hurst
Monaghan 48kOn Coast Guard service during the Prohibition Era, from the Official Coast Guard Website.Mike Green

USS MONAGHAN DD-32 History
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