USS ''McCall'' (DD-28) was a in the

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during

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and later in the

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, designated CG-14. She was the first ship named for

Edward McCall Captain Edward R. McCall (5 August 1790 – 1 August 1853) was an officer in the United States Navy during the War of 1812. He was awarded a Congressional Gold Medal. Biography Born in South Carolina, McCall was appointed midshipman 1 January ...

. ''McCall'' was laid down on 8 June 1909 by the

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, launched on 4 June 1910, sponsored by Miss Jessie Willits, and commissioned on 23 January 1911.

United States Navy

Attached to the Torpedo Flotilla, Atlantic Fleet, ''McCall'' operated along the Atlantic coast, primarily out of

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and the

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area. Each winter found her with the fleet in

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n waters for maneuvers. In 1916, ''McCall'' made

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s off

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and along the

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coast. On 14 June 1917, following overhaul at

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, she steamed to New York to escort a troop convoy to

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. The destroyer continued escort duties in the western Atlantic until January 1918, when she sailed for

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. Arriving there on 22 February, she provided escort and rescue services until 16 December. Upon return to the United States in January 1919, she resumed east coast operations until decommissioning at Philadelphia on 12 December 1919 and placed in the reserve fleet.

United States Coast Guard

''McCall'' was transferred to the

on 7 June 1924 and commissioned into service 17 June 1925 after a lengthy overhaul. Stationed at

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, she was part of the

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. The Coast Guard decommissioned her 12 August 1930.Canney, pp 91-92 She was returned to the Navy on 18 October 1930, and was scrapped and sold on 2 May 1934, in accordance with the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McCall (DD-28) Paulding-class destroyers World War I destroyers of the United States Ships built by New York Shipbuilding Corporation 1910 ships