Thursday, 26 March 2026

American destroyer minelayer USS Mahan DD-102 1918-1931

Destroyer of the DD 75-347 type. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Wickes-class light minelayer. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com

Part of Wickes-class preceded by Caldwell-classs succeeded by Clemson-class divided into Little-subclass, Lamberton-subclass and Tattnall-subclasses. Laid down by Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, USA on 4 May 1918, launched on 4 August 1918, commissioned on 24 October 1918, decommissioned on 1 May in 1920, reclassified as light minelayer DM-7 on 17 July 1920, stricken on 22 October 1930 and sold to be broken up on 17 January 1931. 

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