Clemson class destroyer

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USS Clemson (DD-186)
Class overview
Name: Clemson class destroyer
Builders: New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Operators: United States Navy
United States Coast Guard
Royal Navy Ensign Great Britain
RCN Ensign Canada
Soviet Union
Japan
Preceded by: Wickes class destroyer
Succeeded by: Farragut class destroyer
Planned: 161
Completed: 156
Cancelled: 5
General characteristics
Class and type: Clemson class destroyer
Displacement: 1,215 tons (normal)
1,308 tons (full load)
Length: 314 ft 4.5 in
Beam: 30 ft 11.5 in
Draft: 9 ft 4 in
Propulsion: 4 Boilers
2 Westinghouse Geared Turbines
27,600 horsepower
Speed: 35.5 knots
Range: 4,900 nmi (9,100 km)
  @ 15 kt
Boats and landing
craft carried:		 4 LCP landing craft
Crew: 8 Officers
8 Chief Petty Officers
106 Enlisted
Armament: 4 × 4 in/50 (102 mm),
3 × 3 in/23 (76 mm),
12 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

The Clemson class was a series of 156 destroyers which served with the United States Navy from after World War I through World War II.

The Clemson class ships were commissioned by the United States Navy from 1919 to 1922, built by New York Shipbuilding Corporation and the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, some with alarming speed. The Clemson class was a redesign of the Wickes class, and was the last pre-WWII class of flush-decker destroyers to be built for the United States. Until the Fletcher class destroyer, the Clemsons were the most numerous class of destroyers ever commissioned in the United States Navy, and were known colloquially as "four-stackers" or "four-pipers".

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[edit] History

Fourteen ships of the class were involved in the Honda Point Disaster in 1923, of which seven were lost.

Most never saw wartime service, as many were decommissioned in 1930 and scrapped as part of the London Naval Treaty.

Elevated view of USS Lamson (DD-328).
Elevated view of USS Lamson (DD-328).

Nineteen were transferred to the Royal Navy in 1940 as part of the Destroyers for Bases Agreement where they became part of the Town class. Others were upgraded or converted to highspeed transports or seaplane tenders and served through World War II.

Most ships remaining in service during World War II were rearmed with dual-purpose 3"/50 caliber guns to provide better anti-aircraft protection.[1] The AVD seaplane tender conversions received 2 guns; the APD transport, DM minelayer, and DMS minesweeper conversions received 3 guns, and those retaining destroyer classification received 6.[2] Their original low-angle 4"/50 caliber guns (Mark 9) were transferred to Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships for anti-submarine protection.[3] For the ships converted to minesweepers, the twelve 21-inch torpedo tubes were replaced by minesweeping gear.[4]


[edit] Ships in class

The following vessels were built as part of the Clemson class:

Hull no. Ship name Commissioned Decommissioned Fate Service notes
DD186 Clemson 19 December 1919 12 October 1945 Sold Redesignated AVP-17, APD-4, and APD-31
DD187 Dahlgren 6 January 1920 12 December 1945 Sold Redesignated AG-91
DD188 Goldsborough 20 January 1920 11 October 1945 Scrapped Redesignated AVP-18, APD-5, APD-32
DD189 Semmes 21 February 1920 2 June 1946 Scrapped Redesignated AG-24; Served with the Coast Guard as CG-20
DD190 Satterlee 23 December 1919 8 October 1940 Sunk Served with the Royal Navy as HMS Belmont, sunk 31 January 1942
DD191 Mason 28 February 1920 31 March 1922 Sunk Served with the Royal Navy as HMS Broadwater, torpedoed and sunk by U-101 18 October 1941. Lt. John Stanley Parker, RNVR was the first American killed in action whilst serving with the Royal Navy.
DD192 Graham 13 March 1920 31 March 1922 Scrapped
DD193 Abel P. Upshur 19 July 1919 23 September 1940 Scrapped Served with the Coast Guard as CG-15 and Royal Navy as HMS Clare, scrapped 1945
DD194 Hunt 30 September 1920 8 October 1940 Scrapped Served with the Coast Guard as CG-18 and Royal Navy as HMS Broadway, scrapped 1947
DD195 Welborn C. Wood 14 January 1921 9 September 1940 Scrapped Served with the Coast Guard as CG-19 and Royal Navy as HMS Chesterfield; scrapped 1947
DD196 George E. Badger 28 July 1920 3 October 1945 Scrapped Redesignated AVP-16, AVD-3, and APD-33; Served with the Coast Guard
DD197 Branch 26 July 1940 8 October 1940 Sunk Served with the Royal Navy as HMS Beverley, sunk 9 April 1943
DD198 Herndon 14 September 1920 9 September 1940 Sunk Served with the Coast Guard as CG-17, Royal Navy as HMS Churchill, and Soviet Union as Delatelnyi, sunk 16 January 1945
DD199 Dallas 29 October 1920 28 July 1945 Scrapped Renamed Alexander Dallas in 1945
DD206 Chandler 5 September 1919 12 November 1945 Sold Redesignated DMS-9
DD207 Southard 24 September 1919 5 December 1945 Scrapped Redesignated DMS-10
DD208 Hovey 24 September 1919 7 January 1945 Sunk Redesignated DMS-11
DD209 Long 20 October 1919 6 January 1945 Sunk Redesignated DMS-12
DD210 Broome 31 October 1919 20 May 1946 Scrapped Redesignated AG-96
DD211 Alden 24 November 1919 15 July 1945 Scrapped
DD212 Smith Thompson 10 December 1919 15 May 1936 Sunk as target Sunk on 25 July 1936
DD213 Barker 27 December 1919 18 July 1945 Sold
DD214 Tracy 19 January 1946 Scrapped Redesignated DM-19
DD215 Borie 24 March 1920 2 November 1943 Sunk in action Lost after ramming German U-Boat
DD216 John D. Edwards 6 April 1920 28 July 1945 Scrapped
DD217 Whipple 23 April 1920 9 November 1945 Scrapped Redesignated AG-117
DD218 Parrott 11 May 1920 14 June 1944 Scrapped
DD219 Edsall 26 November 1920 1 March 1942 Sunk in action Sunk during the Battle of Java Sea
DD220 MacLeish 2 August 1920 8 March 1946 Scrapped Redesignated AG-87
DD221 Simpson 3 November 1942 May 1946 Scrapped Redesignated APD-27, AG-97
DD222 Bulmer 16 August 1920 16 August 1946 Sold Redesignated AG-86
DD223 McCormick 30 August 1920 4 October 1945 Scrapped Redesignated AG-118
DD224 Stewart 20 September 1920 23 May 1946 Sunk as target Captured by Japanese during World War II, saw service in Imperial Japanese Navy before being recaptured by American forces
DD225 Pope 27 October 1920 1 March 1942 Sunk in action Sunk during the Battle of the Java Sea
DD226 Peary 22 October 1920 19 February 1942 Sunk in action Sunk by Japanese aircraft
DD227 Pillsbury 15 December 1920 2 March 1942 Sunk in action Sunk by Japanese cruisers during surface action
DD228 John D. Ford 30 December 1920 2 December 1945 Scrapped Redesignated AG-119
DD229 Truxtun 30 December 1920 18 February 1942 Sank Sank after running aground off Newfoundland
DD230 Paul Jones 19 April 1921 5 November 1945 Scrapped Redesignated AG-120
DD231 Hatfield 16 April 1920 13 December 1946 Scrapped Redesignated AG-84
DD232 Brooks 18 June 1920 2 August 1945 Sold Redesignated APD-10
DD233 Gilmer 18 June 1920 5 February 1946 Scrapped Redesignated APD-11
DD234 Fox 17 May 1920 29 November 1945 Scrapped Redesignated AG-85
DD235 Kane Scrapped 1946
DD236 Humphreys Scrapped 1946
DD237 McFarland Sold for scrap 1946
DD238 James K. Paulding Scrapped 1936
DD239 Overton Sold for scrap 1945
DD240 Sturtevant Sunk By US minefield 26 April 1942
DD241 Childs Sold 1946
DD242 King Sold for scrap 1946
DD243 Sands Sold for scrap 1946
DD244 Williamson Scrapped 1948
DD245 Reuben James 24 September 1920 31 October 1941 Sunk in action Sunk by German U-Boat forces, second American naval casualty of World War II
DD246 Bainbridge Sold 1945
DD247 Goff Scrapped 1947
DD248 Barry Sunk in action By Japanese aircraft,21 June 1945
DD249 Hopkins Sold for scrap 1946
DD250 Lawrence Sold 1946
DD251 Belknap Sold 1945
DD252 McCook Sunk in action as HMCS St. Croix 22 September 1943
DD253 McCalla Sunk in action as HMS Stanley 19 December 1941
DD254 Rodgers Scrapped 1945
DD255 Osmond Ingram Sold for scrap 1946
DD256 Bancroft Declared surplus as HMCS St. Francis 1945
DD257 Welles Scrapped as HMS Cameron 1944
DD258 Aulick Scrapped 1948
DD259 Turner Sold for scrap 1947
DD260 Gillis Sold for scrap 1946
DD261 Delphy Wrecked in the Honda Point disaster 8 September 1923
DD262 McDermut Sold 1932
DD263 Laub Transferred to UK 1940
DD264 McLanahan Scrapped 1946
DD265 Edwards Struck 1943
DD266 Greene Wrecked in a typhoon, struck 1945
DD267 Ballard Sold 1946
DD268 Shubrick Scrapped 1945
DD269 Bailey Scrapped 1945
DD270 Thornton Abandoned Donated to Ryukyu Islands 1957
DD271 Morris Sold 1936
DD272 Tingey Scrapped 1936
DD273 Swasey Struck 1941
DD274 Meade Scrapped 1947
DD275 Sinclair Scrapped 1935
DD276 McCawley Scrapped 1931
DD277 Moody Sold and sunk Sold to MGM in 1931 for making of WWI film Hell Below. DD-277 was made up to look like an enemy (German) WWI destroyer and was sunk in 1933 by studio demolitions.
DD278 Henshaw Sold 1930
DD279 Meyer Sold 1932
DD280 Doyen Scrapped 1930
DD281 Sharkey Sold for scrap 1931
DD282 Toucey Sold 1931
DD283 Breck Sold 1931
DD284 Isherwood Scrapped 1934
DD285 Case Sold 1931
DD286 Lardner Sold for scrap 1931
DD287 Putnam Scrapped 1931
DD288 Worden Sold for scrap 1931
DD289 Flusser scrapped 1930
DD290 Dale Sold 1931
DD291 Converse Sold 1931
DD292 Reid Sold for scrap 1931
DD293 Billingsley Sold 1931
DD294 Charles Ausburn Sold for scrap 1931
DD295 Osborne Sold for scrap 1931
DD296 Chauncey Wrecked in the Honda Point disaster 8 September 1923
DD297 Fuller Wrecked in the Honda Point disaster 8 September 1923
DD298 Percival Scrapped 1931
DD299 John Francis Burnes Scrapped 1931
DD300 Farragut Scrapped 1931
DD301 Somers Sold for scrap 1931
DD302 Stoddert Sold for scrap 1935
DD303 Reno Sold for scrap 1931
DD304 Farquhar Sold for scrap 1932
DD305 Thompson Sunk as target February 1944
DD306 Kennedy Sold for scrap 1932
DD307 Paul Hamilton Scrapped 1931
DD308 William Jones Sold for scrap 1932
DD309 Woodbury Wrecked in the Honda Point disaster 8 September 1923
DD310 S. P. Lee Wrecked in the Honda Point disaster 8 September 1923
DD311 Nicholas Wrecked in the Honda Point disaster 8 September 1923
DD312 Young Wrecked in the Honda Point disaster 8 September 1923
DD313 Zeilin Scrapped
DD314 Yarborough Scrapped 1932
DD315 La Vallette Scrapped 1931
DD316 Sloat Sunk as target 26 June 1935
DD317 Wood Sold for scrap 1930
DD318 Shirk Scrapped 1931
DD319 Kidder Scrapped 1930
DD320 Selfridge Scrapped 1930
DD321 Marcus Sunk as target 25 June 1935
DD322 Mervine Scrapped 1930
DD323 Chase Sold for scrap 1931
DD324 Robert Smith Sold for scrap 10 June 1931
DD325 Mullany Sold for scrap 1931
DD326 Coghlan Sold for scrap 19 March 1931
DD327 Preston Sold for scrap 23 August 1932
DD328 Lamson Sold for scrap 17 January 1931
DD329 Bruce Sold for scrap 1932
DD330 Hull Sold for scrap 1931
DD331 Macdonough Sold for scrap 1930
DD332 Farenholt Sold for scrap 1930
DD333 Sumner Sold for scrap 1934
DD334 Corry Sold for salvage 1930
DD335 Melvin Sold for scrap 1930
DD336 Litchfield Scrapped 29 March 1946
DD337 Zane Scrapped 3 March 1947
DD338 Wasmuth Sank in storm Pacific, 29 December 1942
DD339 Trever Scrapped 1945
DD340 Perry Sunk in action Sunk by Japanese mine, 13 September 1944
DD341 Decatur Scrapped 1945
DD342 Hulbert 27 October 1920 2 November 1945 Scrapped Redesignated AVP-6
DD343 Noa 15 February 1921 12 September 1944 Sunk Redesignated APD-24. Sank following collision
DD344 William B. Preston 23 August 1920 6 December 1945 Scrapped Redesignated AVP-20, AVD-7
DD345 Preble 19 March 1920 7 December 1945 Scrapped Redesignated DM-20, AG-99
DD346 Sicard 9 June 1920 21 November 1945 Scrapped Redesignated DM-21, AG-100
DD347 Pruitt 9 June 1920 16 November 1945 Scrapped Redesignated AG-101

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Morrison 1962 p.39
  2. ^ Silverstone 1968 pp.112,212,215,276&303
  3. ^ Campbell 1985 p.143
  4. ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (public domain)

[edit] References

  • Campbell, John (1985). Naval Weapons of World War Two. Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-459-4. 
  • Morison, Samuel Eliot (1962). History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Supplement and General Index. Little, Brown and Company. 
  • Silverstone, Paul H. (1968). U.S. Warships of World War II. Doubleday and Company. 

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