USS Fanning (DD-37)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Fanning.

USS Fanning (DD-37), in port, probably at Queenstown, Ireland, after her 17 November 1917 fight with the German submarine U-58. She is painted in pattern camouflage.
USS Fanning (DD-37), in port, probably at Queenstown, Ireland, after her 17 November 1917 fight with the German submarine U-58. She is painted in pattern camouflage.
History
United States
NameFanning
NamesakeLieutenant Nathaniel Fanning
BuilderNewport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia
Cost$639,526.91[1]
Laid down29 April 1911
Launched11 January 1912
Sponsored byMrs. Kenneth McAlpine
Commissioned21 June 1912
Decommissioned24 November 1919
Identification
Fate
United States
NameUSCG Fanning (CG-11)
Acquired7 June 1924[2]
Commissioned30 May 1925[2]
Decommissioned1 April 1930[2]
IdentificationHull symbol:CG-11
Fatetransferred back to the United States Navy, 24 November 1930[2]
General characteristics [3]
Class and typePaulding-class destroyer
Displacement
  • 742 long tons (754 t) normal
  • 887 long tons (901 t) full load
Length293 ft 10 in (89.56 m)
Beam27 ft (8.2 m)
Draft8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) (mean)[4]
Installed power12,000 ihp (8,900 kW)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 29.5 kn (33.9 mph; 54.6 km/h)
  • 29.99 kn (34.51 mph; 55.54 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[4]
Complement4 officers 87 enlisted[5]
Armament

The first USS Fanning (DD-37) was a modified Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and later in the United States Coast Guard, designated as CG-11. Her namesake was Nathaniel Fanning.

Fanning was launched on 11 January 1912 by Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia; sponsored by Mrs. Kenneth McAlpine; and commissioned on 21 June 1912. She was classified DD-37 on 17 July 1920.

  1. ^ "Table 21 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 762. 1921.
  2. ^ a b c d Record of Movements Vessels of the United States Coast Guard 1790 -December 31, 1933 (PDF). Washington: TREASURY DEPARTMENT. 1989. p. 454.
  3. ^ "USS Fanning (DD-37)". Navsource.org. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Table 10 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 714. 1921.
  5. ^ "Table 16 - Ships on Navy List June 30, 1919". Congressional Serial Set. U.S. Government Printing Office: 749. 1921.