| USS Mugford (DD-105) | |
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| Career (US) |  |
| Namesake: | James Mugford |
| Builder: | Union Iron Works, San Francisco, California |
| Laid down: | 20 December 1917 |
| Launched: | 14 April 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 25 November 1918 |
| Decommissioned: | 7 June 1922 |
| Struck: | 19 May 1936 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap, 1936 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Wickes class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,060 tons |
| Length: | 314 ft 5 in (95.83 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 9 in (9.68 m) |
| Draft: | 8 ft 6 in (2.79 m) |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Complement: | 113 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 4" (102 mm); 1 × 1 pdrs. (0.454 kg), 12 × 21" (533 mm) torpedo tubes |
The first USS Mugford (DD-105) was a Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was named for James Mugford.
History[]
Mugford was laid down 20 December 1917 by Union Iron Works Company, San Francisco, California; launched 14 April 1918; sponsored by Mrs. George H. Fort; and commissioned 25 November 1918, Lt Comdr. John H. Everson in command.
Mugford joined the fleet for winter exercises off Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in January 1919, then sailed north for operations along the coast between New York and Massachusetts until 21 November, when she left Newport for San Diego, arriving 22 December. Here she became tender to a seaplane division, and during the pioneering days of naval aviation cruised with her charges on exercises along the California coast, visiting the Panama Canal Zone in December 1920 and January 1921. She was decommissioned at San Diego 7 June 1922, and was sold for scrap to Schiavone-Bonomo Corporation, New York City in 1936.
See also[]
- See USS Mugford for other ships of the same name.
- List of United States Navy destroyers
References[]
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links[]
The original article can be found at USS Mugford (DD-105) and the edit history here.