. "--06-12"^^ . . "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 Fleet and then transferred to Pearl Harbor in 1937; spending the rest of her naval service in the Pacific."@en . . . . . "USS Mahan"@en . . . . "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 Fleet and then transferred to Pearl Harbor in 1937; spending the rest of her naval service in the Pacific. Mahan was at sea with Task Force 12 when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941. Their mission to Midway Island was aborted to participate in the initial post-attack efforts in search of the enemy strike force. Unable to locate them, the task force returned to Pearl Harbor. Early in World War II, Mahan played a role in carrying out raids on the Marshall Islands and Gilbert Islands. In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, Admirals Chester Nimitz and William Halsey commended the destroyer group (of which Mahan was a member) for a stellar effort in screening the carriers Hornet and Enterprise against heavy odds. In the campaign to retake New Guinea\u2019s northeast coast from the Japanese, Mahan took part in the amphibious landings at Salamaua, Lae, and Finschhafen. She participated in the landings at Arawe and Borgen Bay (near Cape Gloucester), New Britain, and provided support for the landing of troops at Los Negros Island in the Admiralty Islands. In the latter stages of the war in the Pacific, the Japanese kamikaze was relentless in plaguing the operations of the US Navy. On 7 December 1944, a Kamikaze squadron overwhelmed Mahan at Ormoc Bay, Leyte, in the Philippine Islands. Mahan was disabled by the Kamikaze attack, abandoned and sunk by a US desroyer."@en . . . . . . . . . . "USS Mahan (DD-364)"@en . . "330"^^ . . . . . . . .