USS Mayrant (DD-31)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Mayrant.
The first USS Mayrant (DD-31) was a modified Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I. She was named for Captain John Mayrant.
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USS Mayrant (DD-31) at anchor, 1911. | |
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United States | |
Name | Mayrant |
Namesake | Captain John Mayrant |
Builder | William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia |
Cost | $673,547.02[1] |
Yard number | 353 |
Laid down | 22 April 1909 |
Launched | 23 April 1910 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. I. B. Beard |
Commissioned | 21 July 1911 |
Decommissioned | 20 May 1915 |
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Recommissioned | 2 January 1918 |
Decommissioned | 12 December 1919 |
Stricken | 8 March 1935 |
Fate | Sold June 28, 1935 to M. Black & Co., Norfolk |
Notes | designated DD‑31, 17 July 1920, so her name could be reused |
General characteristics [2] | |
Class and type | Paulding-class destroyer |
Displacement | |
Length | 293 ft 10 in (89.56 m) |
Beam | 27 ft (8.2 m) |
Draft | 8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) (mean)[3] |
Installed power | 12,000 ihp (8,900 kW) |
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Speed | |
Complement | 4 officers 98 enlisted[4] |
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Mayrant was laid down on 22 April 1909 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia; launched on 23 April 1910; sponsored by Mrs. I. B. Beard, great-great-granddaughter of Captain Mayrant; and commissioned on 12 July 1911.