Located in a shipyard to the southeast corner of San Francisco, the USS Mahan was a "Farragut"-class guided missile destroyer that was launched on what date?
USS Mahan (DDG-42) USS "Mahan" (DDG-42), was a "Farragut"-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan USN (1840–1914). The ship was Laid down as DLG-11 by the San Francisco Naval Shipyard on 31 July 1957 and launched on 7 October 1959. "Mahan" was sponsored by Mrs. H. P. Smith, wife of Vice Adm. Harold Page Smith, and commissioned on 25 December 1960. "Mahan" was reclassified as a guided missile destroyer on 30 June 1975 and designated DDG-42. USS "Mahan" was decommissioned on 15 June 1993 and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on the same day.
USS Mason (DDG-87) USS "Mason" (DDG-87) is an "Arleigh Burke"-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for two men: former Secretary of the Navy John Young Mason and Distinguished Flying Cross recipient Ensign Newton Henry Mason. This ship is the 37th destroyer of its class. USS "Mason" was the 21st ship of this class to be built at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, and construction began on 19 January 2000. She was launched and christened on 23 June 2001. On 12 April 2003, a commissioning ceremony was held at Port Canaveral, Florida. "Mason" is currently homeported in Norfolk, Virginia.