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The first USS ''Mahan'' (DD-102) was a ''Wickes''-class destroyer in the US Navy during World War I and named for Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan. She was converted into a light minelayer on 17 July 1920 and designated as DM-7. ==History== ''Mahan'' was laid down on 4 May 1918 by the Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched on 4 August 1918, sponsored by Miss Ellen K. Mahan, niece of Rear Admiral Mahan, and commissioned on 24 October 1918, with Lieutenant Commander F. P. Conger in command. After shakedown, ''Mahan'' operated off Cuba until May 1919. She then steamed to the Azores to become one of the guide ships for the transatlantic flights of the Navy flying boats: NC-1, NC-3, and NC-4. ''Mahan'' returned to Boston, Massachusetts, via Brest, France, on 21 June. She was converted into a light minelayer on 17 July 1920 and designated as DM-7. With the exception of a cruise to Pearl Harbor for maneuvers in early 1925, ''Mahan'' operated along the east coast, the Caribbean, and off the Panama Canal Zone for the next 10 years. During this time, she participated in fleet training exercises, and patrolled courses for the International Six Meter Sailing Races of 1922 and 1927. ''Mahan'' assisted in salvage operations for submarines S-51 in September 1925 off Block Island, and did so for S-4, periodically, from 17 December 1927 through mid-March 1928 off Provincetown, Massachusetts. She conducted reserve-training cruises in the Caribbean from 1928 to September 1929. Throughout the decade, in addition to her regular duties, ''Mahan'' served as an experimental ship testing new equipment for the Navy’s future use. On 20 September 1929, ''Mahan'' entered the Philadelphia Navy Yard where she decommissioned on 1 May 1930 and struck from the Navy Register on 22 October. She was sold for scrap on 17 January 1931 to the Boston Iron & Metal Company of Baltimore, Maryland. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Mahan (DD-102)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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