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|colspan="2"|[[Image:Uss-mahan-dd102.jpg|thumb|center|300px|'''USS Mahan''', DD-102]]

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IATA=N/A|

!style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy no-repeat scroll top left;"|Career

ICAO=CFU3|

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type=Public|

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run by=Edmonton Soaring Club|

|Laid down:

opened=N/A|

|[[4 May]] [[1918]]

closest town=Chipman, Alberta|

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elevation_ft=2195|

|Launched:

elevation_m=669|

|[[4 August]] [[1918]]

coordinates=53° 43' N

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112° 38' W

|Commissioned:

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|[[24 October]] [[1918]]

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{{Runway|

|Redesignated:

runway_angle=10/28|

|[[17 July]] [[1920]], DM-7

runway_length_f=2,600|

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runway_length_m=792|

|Decommissioned:

runway_surface=Turf|

|[[1 May]] [[1930]]

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|Fate:

|Sold for scrap, [[17 January]] [[1931]]

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|Struck:

|[[22 October]] [[1930]]

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|Displacement:

|1060 tons

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|Length:

|314 ft 5 in

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|Beam:

|30 ft 11 in

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|Draft:

|8 ft 6 in

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|Propulsion:

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|Speed:

|35 knots

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|Complement:

|133 officers and enlisted

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|Armament:

|4 4"; 2 1-pdrs., 12 21" tt.

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'''Chipman Airport''' is located 1.1 [[nautical mile]]s (2.04 km) north of [[Chipman, Alberta]]

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The first '''USS ''Mahan'' (DD-102)''' was a [[Wickes class destroyer|''Wickes''-class]] [[destroyer]] in the [[United States Navy]] during [[World War I]] and later designated, '''DM-7''', in the years following. She was named in honor of [[Rear Admiral]] [[Alfred Thayer Mahan]].

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''Mahan'' was laid down [[4 May]] [[1918]] by the [[Fore River Shipyard]], [[Quincy, Massachusetts]]; launched [[4 August]] [[1918]]; sponsored by Miss [[Ellen K. Mahan]], niece of Rear Admiral Mahan; and commissioned [[24 October]] 1918, Lieutenant Commander [[F. P. Conger]] in command.

After shakedown, ''Mahan'' operated off [[Cuba]] until May [[1919]] when she steamed to the [[Azores]] to become one of the guide ships for the transatlantic flights of Navy flying boats [[NC-1]], [[NC-3]], and [[NC-4]]. Returning to [[Boston]] by way of [[Brest]], [[France]], [[21 June]], ''Mahan'' was converted to a light [[minelayer]] and was redesignated '''DM-7''', [[17 July]] [[1920]].

With the exception of a cruise to [[Pearl Harbor]] for maneuvers early in [[1925]], ''Mahan'' operated along the east coast, in the [[Caribbean]] and off the [[Panama Canal Zone]] for the next 10 years, During this time she participated in fleet training exercises; patrolled courses for international races; e.g., the International Six Meter Sailing Races of [[1922]] and [[1927]]; assisted in salvage operations for submarines S-51 (September [[1925]], off [[Block Island]] and S-4 (periodically from [[17 December]] [[1927]] through mid-March [[1928]], off [[Provincetown, Massachusetts]]); and conducted reserve training cruises in the Caribbean, 1928 to September [[1929]]. Throughout the decade, in addition to her regular duties, she served as an experimental ship, testing new equipment for the Navy’s future use.

On [[20 September]] [[1929]], she entered [[Philadelphia Navy Yard]], where she decommissioned [[1 May]] [[1930]]. Struck from the [[Naval Vessel Register|Navy Register]] [[22 October]], she was sold for scrap [[17 January]] [[1931]] to the [[Boston Iron & Metal Company]] of [[Baltimore, Maryland]].

See [[USS Mahan|USS ''Mahan'']] for other ships of the same name.

==External links==

* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/101.htm NavSource Photos]

* [http://www.mahan.navy.mil/History.htm History of '''USS Mahan''-named ships]

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[[Category:Wickes class destroyers|Mahan]]