USS ''Beale'' (DD-40), a served in the
United States Navy during
World War I and later with the
United States Coast Guard. She was the first ship of the Navy to be named for
Edward Fitzgerald Beale.
''Beale'' was launched on 30 April 1912 and was commissioned on 30 August 1912. She served in the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean Sea until 1915 and with the
Atlantic Fleet from 1916 until being decommissioned in 1919. She was transferred to the United States Coast Guard in 1924. From 1924 to 1930 she operated to prevent
rum-runners from illegally bringing alcoholic beverages into the United States. ''Beale'' was scrapped in 1934.
World War I
''Beale'' was launched on 30 April 1912 by
William Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Company of
Philadelphia. She was sponsored by Mrs. John R. McLean, daughter of Lieutenant Beale. She was commissioned on 30 August 1912.
''Beale'' joined the 5th Group,
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of the
Atlantic Fleet, and cruised along the Atlantic coast and in
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and
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waters until placed in reserve on 13 December 1915. She was reactivated with a reduced crew on 5 January 1916 and served on
Neutrality Patrol along the Atlantic coast until placed in full commission on 22 March 1917. She joined the
Atlantic Destroyer Force and arrived at
Queenstown, Ireland on 5 February 1918.
''Beale'' operated out of Queenstown on
convoy and
patrol
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duty until the end of World War I. She returned to the United States in December 1918 and served with the Atlantic Fleet until placed out of commission in reserve at
Philadelphia Navy Yard on 25 October 1919.
Inter-war period
''Beale'' was reactivated in 1924 and transferred to the Coast Guard on 28 April 1924 for use in enforcing the
Volstead Act, which prohibited the sale or import of alcoholic beverages in the United States. In Coast Guard service she was assigned hull number CG-9. She was returned to the Navy on 18 October 1930 and was laid up at Philadelphia Navy Yard until she was scrapped in 1934.
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External links
U.S.S. ''Beale'' – Description and Trial Performance(Journal of the American Society of Naval Engineers, Inc., 1912)
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Paulding-class destroyers
Monaghan-class destroyers
World War I destroyers of the United States
Ships built by William Cramp & Sons
1912 ships