USS Beale (DD-40)

USS Beale (DD-40)

USS Beale (DD-40), a Paulding-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and later in the United States Coast Guard, designated CG-9. She was the first ship of the Navy to be named for Edward Fitzgerald Beale.

Beale was launched on 30 April 1912 by William Cramp and Sons Ship and Engine Building Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; sponsored by Mrs. John R. McLean, daughter of Lieutenant Beale; and commissioned 30 August 1912, Lieutenant, junior grade C. T. Blackburn in command.