Wanted Deckwood from USS MAHAN

[jimm1]

Looking for deck wood from the USS Mahan.
Anybody??

 

[wolf creek knives]

Hey Jim. Did a search on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_museum_ships and didn't find this ship. I'm assuming you're looking for DD-364? I've had some luck going to memorial sites and chasing wood down, but it can be pretty exhaustive and frustrating at times. Plus, some organizations (memorials) will ask for a donation. Good luck on your search.

 

[dgsearle]

You may have an exceptionally hard time finding anything from DD-364. From what I have read, it was sunk on December 7, 1944 after taking 3 direct hit from Kamikaze aircraft while patrolling Ormoc bay near Leyte and the Island of Ponson in the Philippines. Once the surviving crew was rescued, another destroyer sank it because it wasn't salvageable.

USS Mahan (DD-364)

The second USS Mahan (DD-364) was the lead ship of the Mahan-class destroyers of the United States Navy. She was named for Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, a leading 19th century naval historian and strategic theorist. Mahan began her Navy service in 1936. She was first assigned to the Atlantic...

military.wikia.org

The site above lists other ships from the Mahan class, but most of them appear to have been either scrapped or used for atomic testing after the war.

 

[jimm1]

Thanks guys.