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USS MacDonough (DDG-39)
United States
Name	MacDonough
Namesake	Thomas MacDonough
Builder	Fore River Shipyard, Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Laid down	15 April 1958
Launched	9 July 1959
Commissioned	4 November 1961
Decommissioned	23 October 1992
Stricken	30 November 1992
Fate	Sold for scrapping
General characteristics
Class and type	Farragut-class destroyer
Displacement	5,800 tons
Length	512.5 ft (156.2 m)
Beam	52 ft (16 m)
Draft	25 ft (7.6 m)
Propulsion	4 x 1200psi boilers 2 x geared turbines
Speed	33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph)
Complement	377 (21 officers + 356 enlisted)
Armament	1 x 1 Mk 42 5-inch (127 mm)/54 dual-purpose gun 1 x 2 Mk 10 Mod 0 missile launcher for Terrier SAM later SM1 Standard Missile 1 x 8 Mk 16 ASROC Box missile launcher 2 x 3 12.75-inch (324 mm) Mk 32 torpedo tubes for Mk 46 torpedoes 2 x 4 Mk 141 Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers

USS Macdonough (DLG-8/DDG-39) was a Farragut-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Commodore Thomas Macdonough, the 4th ship of the United States Navy to be named for him.