Paulding-class destroyer
For other ships with the same name, see
USS McCall
.
|
History
|
United States
|
Name
| McCall
|
Namesake
| Captain
Edward McCall
awarded
Congressional Gold Medal
|
Builder
| New York Shipbuilding Company
,
Camden, New Jersey
|
Cost
| $683,944.76
[1]
|
Laid down
| 9 June 1909
|
Launched
| 4 June 1910
|
Sponsored by
| Miss Jessie Willits
|
Commissioned
| 23 January 1911
|
Decommissioned
| 12 December 1919
|
Stricken
| 28 June 1934
|
Identification
| |
Fate
| Transferred to
United States Coast Guard
|
|
United States
|
Name
| McCall
|
Acquired
| 7 June 1924
[2]
|
Commissioned
| 17 June 1925
[2]
|
Decommissioned
| 20 December 1929
[2]
|
Identification
| Hull symbol
:CG-14
|
Fate
| Returned to United States Navy, 18 October 1930
[2]
and scrapped in 1934
|
General characteristics
[3]
|
Class and type
| Paulding
-class
destroyer
|
Displacement
|
- 742
long tons
(754
t
) normal
- 887 long tons (901 t) full load
|
Length
| 293 ft 10 in (89.56 m)
|
Beam
| 27 ft (8.2 m)
|
Draft
| 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) (mean)
[5]
|
Installed power
| 12,000 ihp (8,900 kW)
|
Propulsion
| |
Speed
|
- 29.5 kn (33.9 mph; 54.6 km/h)
- 30.66 kn (35.28 mph; 56.78 km/h) (Speed on
Trial
)
[5]
|
Complement
| 4 officers 78 enlisted
[4]
|
Armament
| |
USS
McCall
(DD-28)
was a
Paulding
-class
destroyer
in the
United States Navy
during
World War I
and later in the
United States Coast Guard
, designated
CG-14
. She was the first ship named for
Edward McCall
.
McCall
was laid down on 8 June 1909 by the
New York Shipbuilding Company
,
Camden, New Jersey
, launched on 4 June 1910, sponsored by Miss Jessie Willits, and commissioned on 23 January 1911.
United States Navy
[
edit
]
Attached to the
Torpedo Flotilla
,
Atlantic Fleet
,
McCall
operated along the Atlantic coast, primarily out of
Newport, Rhode Island
and the
Chesapeake Bay
area. Each winter found her with the fleet in
Cuban
waters for maneuvers.
In 1916,
McCall
made
Neutrality Patrols
off
New York
and along the
New England
coast. On 14 June 1917, following overhaul at
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
, she steamed to New York to escort a troop convoy to
Europe
. The destroyer continued escort duties in the western Atlantic until January 1918, when she sailed for
Queenstown, Ireland
. Arriving there on 22 February, she provided escort and rescue services until 16 December.
Upon return to the United States in January 1919, she resumed east coast operations until decommissioning at Philadelphia on 12 December 1919 and placed in the reserve fleet.
United States Coast Guard
[
edit
]
McCall
was transferred to the
United States Coast Guard
on 7 June 1924 and commissioned into service 17 June 1925 after a lengthy overhaul. Stationed at
New London, Connecticut
, she was part of the
Rum Patrol
. The Coast Guard decommissioned her 12 August 1930.
[6]
She was returned to the Navy on 18 October 1930, and was scrapped and sold on 2 May 1934, in accordance with the
London Naval Treaty
.
Citations
[
edit
]
References
[
edit
]
- Canney, Donald L. (1995).
U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790?1935
. Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland.
ISBN
978-1-55750-101-1
.
This article incorporates text from the
public domain
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
. The entry can be found
here
.