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a •■ . . . ANY MAN WHO MAY BE ASKED IN THIS CENTURY WHAT HE DID TO MAKE HIS LIFE WORTH WHILE. I THINK CAN RESPOND WITH A GOOD DEAL OF PRIDE AND SATISFACTION; 1 SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES NAVY. JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY, 1917-1963
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IN THE BEGINNING . . . Master Commandant Thomas Macdonough (1783- 1825) learned his seamanship on the Mediterranean station, his strategy from studying the battles of Horatio Nelson, and acquired a taste for battle from a brother who had served in the CONSTELLATION during her fight with the Insur- gents in 1799. After becoming a midshipman in 1800. he served in a converted merchantman during the quasi-war with France, then for a year in the CONSTELLATION on the Mediterranean Station, and was one of the volunteer crewmen in Lieutenant Stephen Decatur ' s ketch who fired the PHILADELPHIA in 1804. He also commanded a gun- boat in action against Tripolitan gunboats and galleys. After a tour in ESSEX, he commanded the gunboats on Long Is- land Sound, then captained merchant ships for two years. With the outbreak of the war of 1812. he requested active duty and was directed to command the tiny naval force on Lake Champlain. the customary British invasion route. Mac- donough chose to fight from anchor, he had taken precau- tions to have spring lines on his bow and stern anchors. When his starboard battery was shot way he wound ship and pre- sented his undamaged port batteries to Captain George Downey, who surrendered. Even if the United States was un- able to follow it up, Macdonough ' s victory left the road to Montreal open and helped win a favorable peace treaty for the United States. (THE AMERICAN NAVAL HERITAGE, Third Edition 1987) COMMODORE THOMAS MACDONOUGH USS MACDONOUGH (Torpedo Boat 9). Keel laid 10 April 1899; Commissioned 5 September 1903; Length 246 ft; Crew 3 Officers. 69 Men; Decommissioned 3 Septem- ber 1920, (No picture available) USS MACDONOUGH (DD-331) Keel laid: 24 May 1920 I Commissioned: 26 April 1921 Length: 314 ft I Crew: 6 Officers. 89 Men Decommissioned: 8 January 1930 USS MACDONOUGH (DD .351) Keel Laid: 15 May 1933 Commissioned: 15 March 1935 Length .341 ft Crew lOOKicers. 150Men Decommissioned 22 October 1945 distinguished career She was undergoing repairs at Pearl Harbor on December 7. 1941 when the Japanese struck, :) a half During her fighting career, the MACDONOUGH participated in major ind supported the marine landings IJDiil (Nirned L ' (ialtle Stars ' luring lurr oisimyui iitu i.an.-»;i , -jm- wua uiiu iiyiny , t i uu m tm , xi, u, ' , ,,,1 , ,.v,,.i.n ,., , however her rn , ' n began finny and bla ed away at the enemy for the next liour and a half During her fighting career, the MACI hatll.-s at fjuadakanal. S ' lonion Islanrls. f.ilb.-rl Klaiitls. Marshall Islands, liatlle of the Phillipme Sea. Marianas Turkey Shoot, a at the island ' , of Leyle and Luzon
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