USS McCall (DD-28)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS McCall.
USS McCall (DD-28) was a Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and later in the United States Coast Guard, designated CG-14. She was the first ship named for Edward McCall.
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United States | |
Name | McCall |
Namesake | Captain Edward McCall awarded Congressional Gold Medal |
Builder | New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey |
Cost | $683,944.76[1] |
Laid down | 9 June 1909 |
Launched | 4 June 1910 |
Sponsored by | Miss Jessie Willits |
Commissioned | 23 January 1911 |
Decommissioned | 12 December 1919 |
Stricken | 28 June 1934 |
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Fate | Transferred to United States Coast Guard |
United States | |
Name | McCall |
Acquired | 7 June 1924[2] |
Commissioned | 17 June 1925[2] |
Decommissioned | 20 December 1929[2] |
Identification | Hull symbol:CG-14 |
Fate | Returned to United States Navy, 18 October 1930[2] and scrapped in 1934 |
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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)[4] |
Installed power | 12,000 ihp (8,900 kW) |
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Complement | 4 officers 78 enlisted[5] |
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McCall was laid down on 8 June 1909 by the New York Shipbuilding Company, Camden, New Jersey, launched on 4 June 1910, sponsored by Miss Jessie Willits, and commissioned on 23 January 1911.