The name ''Mahan'' was assigned to the following four
United States Navy
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ships, in honor of Rear Admiral
Alfred Thayer Mahan, naval historian and theorist on sea power.
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USS ''Mahan'' (DD-102/DM-7): (DD-102) was a commissioned in 1918, and converted to the light
minelayer DM-7 in 1920. She was decommissioned in 1930, and sold for scrap in 1931.
* was the
lead ship of the ; commissioned in 1936, disabled by Japanese aircraft and
scuttled by friendly fire in 1944.
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USS ''Mahan'' (DLG-11/DDG-42): (DLG-11) was commissioned as a
guided missile frigate
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The name frigate in the 17th to early 18th centuries was given to any full-rigged ship built for speed and ...
in 1960, and reclassified as the guided missile destroyer (DDG-42) in 1975. She was decommissioned in 1993 and completely dismantled in 2004.
* is an commissioned in 1998 and still in service
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United States Navy ship names