MAHAN DM 7

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Wickes Class Destroyer Keel Laid 4 May 1918 - Launched 18 August 1918 USS MAHAN Destroyer No. 102 Commissioned 24 October 1918 USS MAHAN DM-7 Reclassified Light Minelayer (DM) 17 July 1920 Decommissioned 1 May 1930 Struck from Naval Register 22 October 1930 Sold 17 January 1931 and broken up for scrap

Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, USN

Naval Covers

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1. USS Mahan DM-7 Covers Page 1    (1930)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 3r (AC) "Unreadable"

1925-05-30

DM-7. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Locy Type 3r (A)

1927-11-14

As DM-7

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, USN (27 September 1840 – 1 December 1914).
Mahan was a United States Navy officer, geostrategist, and educator. Mahan graduated from the Naval Academy in 1859 and served with the South Atlantic and Western Gulf Blockading Squadrons during the Civil War. Later appointed President of the Naval War College, he served two tours, 1886-89 and 1892-93. Having retired in 1896, he was recalled during the Spanish-American War to serve on the Naval Strategy Board. Among his many activities during the years which followed were service as a delegate to the First Peace Conference at The Hague; as a member of the Board of Visitors, Naval Academy, 1903; with the Senate Commission on Merchant Marine, 1904; as a member of the Commission to Report on the Reorganization of the Navy Department; and as a lecturer at the Naval War College.

The ships sponsor was Miss Ellen K. Mahan, niece of Rear Adm. A. T. Mahan.

Four ships of the US Navy have been named in his honor - USS Mahan DD-102/DM-7, USS Mahan DD-364, USS Mahan DLG-11/DDG-42 and USS Mahan DDG-72.

 

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