USS Mahan (DD-102)

History
United States
Name	Mahan
Namesake	Alfred Thayer Mahan
Builder	Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Laid down	4 May 1918
Launched	4 August 1918
Commissioned	24 October 1918
Decommissioned	1 May 1920
Reclassified	Light minelayer, DM-7, 17 July 1920
Stricken	22 October 1930
Fate	Sold for scrap, 17 January 1931
General characteristics
Class and type	Wickes-class destroyer
Displacement	1,060 tons
Length	314 ft 5 in (95.83 m)
Beam	30 ft 11 in (9.42 m)
Draft	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Complement	133 officers and enlisted
Armament	4 × 4 in (102 mm)/50 guns 2 × 1-pounder guns 12 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes

USS Mahan (DD-102) was a Wickes-class destroyer built for the United States Navy. Commissioned in 1918, Mahan was a flush deck destroyer, and the first ship to be named for Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan. Her main battery consisted of four 4-inch/50 caliber guns.