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Photo # NH 98605:  USS Macdonough at anchor in 1908

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USS Macdonough (Destroyer # 9), 1903-1920

USS Macdonough, a 400-ton Lawrence class destroyer built at Weymouth, Massachusetts, was commissioned in September 1903. Over the next decade and a half she operated along the U.S. Atlantic Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico area, was occasionally in reserve, and in 1913-1914 made summer cruises for the Massachusetts Naval Militia. Among her activities was a voyage up the Mississippi River during the last several months of 1909. She served with Atlantic Fleet submarines in 1915-1917. During March-June of the latter year Macdonough returned to the Mississippi for a recruiting cruise, then began World War I patrol operations off the East Coast. She steamed across the Atlantic in early 1918 to begin escort and patrol duty off western France. The destroyer returned to the U.S. in June 1919. Decommissioned at Philadelphia in September 1919, USS Macdonough was sold for scrapping in March 1920.

USS Macdonough was named in honor of Commodore Thomas Macdonough (1783-1825), whose career included command of U.S. Navy forces on Lake Champlain during the War of 1812.

This page features all the views we have related to USS Macdonough (Destroyer # 9).


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Photo #: NH 98605

USS Macdonough
(Destroyer # 9)

At anchor in 1908.
Photographed by Enrique Muller.

Courtesy of the Naval Historical Foundation, Washington, D.C.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 63KB; 740 x 465 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 100420

USS Macdonough
(Destroyer # 9)

In the Mississippi River on 1 October 1909, possibly off St. Louis, Missouri. The original photograph was printed on a postal card that was mailed from St. Louis on 7 October 1909 with the message "There IS a hot time in St. Louis this week".

Courtesy of Jack Howland, 1985.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 465 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 100025

U.S. Navy Torpedo Craft at Cairo, Illinois


During their Mississippi River cruise, 26 September 1909.
Photographed by A.E. Kerr.
They are (from left to right):
USS Wilkes (Torpedo Boat # 35);
USS Thornton (Torpedo Boat # 33);
USS Tingey (Torpedo Boat # 34); and
USS Macdonough (Destroyer # 9).
Note that all are flying 46-star jacks.

Courtesy of R.D. Jeska, 1984.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 485 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 99868

Destroyers in port, circa 1914


The ship in the center foreground, with four equally-spaced smokestacks, is USS Macdonough (Destroyer # 9), which was assigned to the Reserve Torpedo Division, Newport, Rhode Island, on 1 January 1914. Alongside her starboard side (in left center) is USS Worden (Destroyer # 16), assigned at that time to the Reserve Torpedo Division, Annapolis, Maryland. The destroyer at far left is a member of the Second Division, U.S. Atlantic Fleet Torpedo Flotilla, as shown by the numeral "2" on her middle smokestack.
This photo is one of a series from the collection of a USS Walke (Destroyer # 34) crewmember, a three-stack member of the Second Division.

Courtesy of Jim Kazalis, 1981.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 113KB; 740 x 455 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 98604-A

USS Macdonough
(Destroyer # 9)

With several other destroyers in the Philadelphia Navy Yard's Reserve Basin, circa spring 1919.
Cropped from a panoramic photograph (Photo # NH 98604) taken by Keystone Photo Studios, 817 So. Broad St., Philadelphia.

Collection of Eugene Bennett, donated by his daughter, Jene B. Hart, September 1988.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 125KB; 690 x 670 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 51255

USS Lawrence
(Destroyer # 8)
and
USS Macdonough (Destroyer # 9)

Fitting out at the Fore River Ship & Engine Company shipyard, Weymouth, Massachusetts, circa 1902.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 610 pixels

 


The ship seen in the following photograph is either Macdonough, or her sister ship Lawrence (Destroyer # 8):

Photo #: NH 93861

USS Lawrence
(Destroyer # 8)
or
USS Macdonough (Destroyer # 9)

Off the Norfolk Navy Yard, Virginia, circa 1918.
The receiving ships Richmond (left) and Cumberland (center) are in the background, at the St. Helena Naval Training Station.

Courtesy of Paul H. Silverstone, 1982.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 430 pixels

 


In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold at least one other view of USS Macdonough (Destroyer # 9). The following list features this image:

The image listed below is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections.
DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".



  • Photo #: 80-G-1024948
    USS Macdonough (Destroyer # 9) at anchor and dressed with flags, circa 1907-1908.
    Port bow surface view.

    Reproductions of this image should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center.

    The image listed in this box is NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain it using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions".


  • If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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