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Sunday 29 October 2017

American destroyer USS Macdonough excited her official trial according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1903-1904 no. 7

An item reported that the American torpedo cruiser Macdonough on her official trial for the delivery achieved a speed of 26,0 miles with 332 rpm and 8.400 ihp.(1)

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1. DD-9. Bainbridge-class Lawrence-subclass destroyer. Laid down by Fore River Ship&Engine Company, Weymouth, Massachusetts on 21 April 1899, , launched on 24 December 1900, commissioned on 5 September 1903, stricken on 7 November 1919 and sold to be broken up on 10 March 1920.