USS Fanning (DD-37)

USS Fanning (DD-37), in port, probably at Queenstown, Ireland, after her 17 November 1917 fight with the German submarine U-58. She is painted in pattern camouflage.
History
United States
Name	Fanning
Namesake	Lieutenant Nathaniel Fanning
Builder	Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia
Cost	$639,526.91[1]
Laid down	29 April 1911
Launched	11 January 1912
Sponsored by	Mrs. Kenneth McAlpine
Commissioned	21 June 1912
Decommissioned	24 November 1919
Identification	Hull symbol:DD-37 Code letters:NFM
Fate	transferred to the United States Coast Guard, 7 June 1924 sold for scrapping, 2 May 1934
United States
Name	USCG Fanning (CG-11)
Acquired	7 June 1924[2]
Commissioned	30 May 1925[2]
Decommissioned	1 April 1930[2]
Identification	Hull symbol:CG-11
Fate	transferred back to the United States Navy, 24 November 1930[2]
General characteristics [3]
Class and type	Paulding-class destroyer
Displacement	742 long tons (754 t) normal 887 long tons (901 t) full load
Length	293 ft 10 in (89.56 m)
Beam	27 ft (8.2 m)
Draft	8 ft 4 in (2.54 m) (mean)[5]
Installed power	12,000 ihp (8,900 kW)
Propulsion	4 × boilers 3 × Parsons Direct Drive Turbines 3 × shafts
Speed	29.5 kn (33.9 mph; 54.6 km/h) 29.99 kn (34.51 mph; 55.54 km/h) (Speed on Trial)[5]
Complement	4 officers 87 enlisted[4]
Armament	5 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber guns 6 × 18 inch (450 mm) torpedo tubes (3 × 2)

The first USS Fanning (DD-37) was a modified Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and later in the United States Coast Guard, designated as CG-11. Her namesake was Nathaniel Fanning.

Fanning was launched on 11 January 1912 by Newport News Shipbuilding Company, Newport News, Virginia; sponsored by Mrs. Kenneth McAlpine; and commissioned on 21 June 1912. She was classified DD-37 on 17 July 1920.