USS MacDonough DL-8 / DLG-8 / DDG-39 |
Type: |
Destroyer |
Class: |
Farragut 1957 (Class Overview) |
Builder: |
Bethlehem Steel Company Quincy, Massachusetts |
Hull Number: |
DL-8 DLG-8 (Nov. 14, 1956) DDG-39 (June 30, 1975) |
Ordered: |
January 27, 1956 |
Commissioned: |
November 4, 1961 |
Keel Laid: |
April 15, 1958 |
Decommissioned: |
October 23, 1992 |
Launched: |
July 9, 1959 |
Stricken: |
November 30, 1992 |
Fate: |
Sold Oct. 21, 2003 to Metro Machine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and scrapped. |
History |
Christened by Mrs. Agnes MacDonough Wilson. |
Named in honor of Commodore Thomas MacDonough USN (1783-1825) |
Page created Feb. 14, 2008 |