USS MacDonough (DLG-8/DDG-39) named for Commodore Thomas Macdonough was the 4th ship of the United States Navy to be named for him. The fourth Macdonough was projected as DL-8, but redesignated DLG-8 prior to keel laying by the Fore River Shipyard, Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Massachusetts, 16 April 1958; launched 9 July 1959, sponsored by Mrs. Agnes Macdonough Wilson, great-granddaughter of Commodore Thomas Macdonough; and commissioned 4 November 1961, Comdr. Wm. G. Hurley in command.