The nameMahan was assigned to the following fourUnited States Navy ships, in honor of Rear AdmiralAlfred Thayer Mahan, naval historian and theorist on sea power.

• USSMahan (DD-102/DM-7): (DD-102) was aWickes-classdestroyer commissioned in 1918, and converted to the lightminelayer DM-7 in 1920. She was decommissioned in 1930, and sold for scrap in 1931.
• USS Mahan (DD-364) was thelead ship of theMahan-class destroyer; commissioned in 1936, disabled by Japanese aircraft andscuttled by friendly fire in 1944.
• USSMahan (DLG-11/DDG-42): (DLG-11) was commissioned as aFarragut-classguided missile frigate in 1960, and reclassified as the guided missile destroyer (DDG-42) in 1975. She was decommissioned in 1993 and completely dismantled in 2004.
• USS Mahan (DDG-72) is anArleigh Burke-class destroyer commissioned in 1998 and still in service

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