The first USS ''Monaghan'' (DD-32) was a modified in the

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during

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and later in the

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

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John R. Monaghan. ''Monaghan'' was laid down on 1 June 1910 by

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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 W. P. Cronan in command.

World War I

Joining the Atlantic Fleet, ''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. ''Monaghan''s 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

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a year later, ''Monaghan'' made antisubmarine patrols against the

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menace in European 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

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. She was stationed at

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until she was sent to

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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, and she was sold to Michael Flynn of

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, New York on 22 August 1934 for scrapping in accordance with the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Monaghan (DD-32) Paulding-class destroyers Monaghan-class destroyers World War I destroyers of the United States Ships built in Newport News, Virginia 1911 ships