Mahan (DLG 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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ADMIRAL ALFRED THAYER MAHAN REAR ADMIRAL ALFRED THAYER MAHAN WAS BORN 27 SEPTEMBER 1840, AT WEST POINT ON THE HLDSON RIVER. HE WAS APPOINTED MIDSHIPMAN ON 1-30 SEPTEMBER 1856. AND GRADUATED WITH SECOND HONORS FROM THE NAVAL ACADEMY IN 1859. HE SERVED WITH THE SOUTH ATLANTIC AND WESTERN GULF BLOCKADING SQLIADRONS AND WAS ON THE STAFF OF ADMIRAL DAHLGREN, OFF CHARLESTON, DURING THE CIVIL WAR. IN 1885 HE WAS CALLED TO THE NEWLY ESTABLISHED NAVAL VVAR COLLEGE TO LECTURE ON TACTICS AND NAVAL HISTORY. AFTER LONG PREPARATION IN THE FALL OF 1886, MAHAN DELIVERED THE FIRST OF THE SERIES OF LECTURES THAT WERE TO BECOME WORLD FAMOUS AND WORLD CHANGING, FOLLOVVING THEIR PUB- LICATION IN 1890 AS THE INFLUENCE OF SEA POVVER UPON HISTORY, 1660- 1783 . HE PUBLISHED OTHER IMPORTANT BOOKS, BUT THIS FIRST CELE- BRATED ONE AWOKE THE VVORLD TO THE VAST IMPORTANCE OF SEAPOWER IN THE LIFE OF NATIONS AND IN WORLD HISTORY. COMING AT A TIME OF GREAT TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT AND OF THE RISE OF NEW POWERS TO CHALLENGE ENGLAND'S LONG LEADERSHIP AT SEA, THE BOOK HAS PRO- FOUND EFFECT UPON THE THINKING AND POLICIES OF MANY NATIONS. HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE NAVAL IVAR COLLEGE, 1886-1892 AND 1892-1893. IN 1893 HE COMMANDED USS CHICAGO. WHILE SERVING IN THIS DUTY ON EUPOPEAN STATIONS, HE VVAS HONORED BY MANY DISTINGUISHED PERSONAGES OF EUROPE AND VVAS PRESENTED SEVERAL HONORARY DEGREES. HE RETURNED TO THE NAVAL VVAR COLLEGE IN 1895 AND RETIRED ON 17 NOVEMBER 1896. HE WAS RECALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SPANISH AMERICAN WAR, AND THEREAFTER SERVED ON MANY BOARDS AND COMMITTEES. HE WAS PROMOTED TO REAR ADMIRAL ON 29 JUNE 1906. HE DIED AT WASHINGTON D. C. ON 1 DECEMBER 1914 AND IS BURIED AT QUOQUE, LONG ISLAND.

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MA 65 QQ Q DLG-11 DLC

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FIRST SHIP OF THE FLEET TO BEAR THE HONORED NAME MAHAN. HER FIRST DUTY WAS IN THE AZORES AS STATION SHIP FOR HISTORIC FLIGHTS OF NC-1, NC- 3 AND NC-4. SHE WAS CONVERTED TO A MINELAYER CDM-75 IN IUNE 1919, AND FOR THE NEXT 10 YEARS OPERATED WITH THE FLEET ALONG THE ATLANTIC SEABOARD AND IN THE CARIBBEAN SEA, WITH FREQUENT TRIPS TO SOUTH AMERICA. DECOMMISSIONED IN MAY OF 1930. LAUNCHED 15 OCTOBER 1935 AND COM- MISSIONED IN SEPTEMBER 1936. PRIMARILY ENGAGED IN FLEET TRAINING AND PATROL OUT OF PEARL HARBOR UNTIL ADVENT OF JAPANESE ATTACK. SHE MISSED AT- TACK, HAVING SAILED FROM PEARL TWO DAYS PREVIOUSLY. DURING THE WAR SHE COMPILED AN IMPRESSIVE RECORD IN THAT INCLUDED 10 AIRCRAFT KILLS AND COMPA- NY WITH ANOTHER DESTROYER, THE SINKING OF ONE SHIP. SHE WAS SUNK DECEMBER 7, 1944 DURING A KAMIKAZE ATTACK IN WHICH THREE ENEMY BOMBERS CRASHED INTO HER. SHE SHOT DOWN TWO OTHER BOMBERS DURING THE AT- TACK. er 5 USS MAHAN CDD 1025 24 OCT 1918-1 MAY 1930 USS MAHAN CDD 3645 18 SEPT 1936-7 DEC 1944 'QQ 43 2 1, Q 1 ? I . fibl., ' 1 N - KW T- --ff 1 .. , ' ' ,V ' ' ' gg ua 'U ' A f H , ,,,, , - ,gf M.,