The first USS Monaghan (DD-32) was a modified in the United States Navy

United States Navy

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 during World War I

World War I

World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...

 and later in the United States Coast Guard

United States Coast Guard

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, designated (CG-15). She was named for Ensign

Ensign (rank)

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 John R. Monaghan

John R. Monaghan

Ensign John R. Monaghan was an officer in the United States Navy.-Biography:Born in Chewelah, Washington, Monaghan graduated from the Naval Academy in June 1895. For the next two years, as a Passed Midshipman, he served in the cruiser Olympia, flagship of the U.S. Asiatic Station...

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Monaghan was laid down on 1 June 1910 by Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia

Newport News, Virginia

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; launched on 18 February 1911; sponsored by Mrs. F. J. Gavin, sister of Ensign Monaghan; and commissioned on 21 June 1911, Lieutenant Commander

Lieutenant Commander

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 W. P. Cronan in command.

World War I

Joining the Atlantic Fleet

United States Fleet Forces Command

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, Monaghan took part in fleet readiness training and operations which prepared the US Navy to enter action immediately when its country joined the Allies in World War I. Monaghans first war service was on patrol along the Atlantic coast; she then escorted troop convoys through the dangerous mid-ocean section of their crossings. From November 1917 until the Armistice

Armistice with Germany (Compiègne)

The armistice between the Allies and Germany was an agreement that ended the fighting in the First World War. It was signed in a railway carriage in Compiègne Forest on 11 November 1918 and marked a victory for the Allies and a complete defeat for Germany, although not technically a surrender...

 a year later, Monaghan made antisubmarine patrols against the U-boat

U-boat

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 menace in Europe

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an waters. Returning from occupation duty, Monaghan decommissioned at Philadelphia on 4 November 1919.

Inter-war period

Monaghan was transferred to the Coast Guard on 7 June 1924 to serve in the Rum Patrol

Rum Patrol

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. She was stationed at New London, Connecticut

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 until she was sent to Boston, Massachusetts in 1930.

She was returned to the Navy on 8 May 1931. Her name was dropped on 1 July 1933 so that it might be assigned to a new destroyer

USS Monaghan (DD-354)

USS Monaghan was the last ship built of the Farragut class destroyers. She was named for Ensign John R. Monaghan. The Monaghan was laid down 21 November 1933 at Boston Navy Yard, and launched 9 January 1935. She was sponsored by Miss Mary F. Monaghan, niece of Ensign Monaghan and commissioned 19...

, and she was sold to Michael Flynn

Michael Flynn

Michael Francis Flynn is an American statistician and science fiction author.Nearly all of Flynn's work falls under the category of hard science fiction, although his treatment of it can be unusual since he has applied the rigor of hard science fiction to "softer" sciences such as sociology in...

 of Brooklyn, New York on 22 August 1934 for scrapping in accordance with the London Naval Treaty

London Naval Treaty

The London Naval Treaty was an agreement between the United Kingdom, the Empire of Japan, France, Italy and the United States, signed on April 22, 1930, which regulated submarine warfare and limited naval shipbuilding. Ratifications were exchanged in London on October 27, 1930, and the treaty went...

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