Clemson class destroyer
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The Clemson class was a series of 156 destroyers which served with the United States Navy from after World War I into 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.
[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.
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.
[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 the 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 | Sunk at sea 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 | |
| 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 | Lost 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 | Sunk during the Battle of the Java Sea |
| DD226 | Peary | 22 October 1920 | 19 February 1942 | Sunk | Sunk by Japanese aircraft |
| DD227 | Pillsbury | 15 December 1920 | 2 March 1942 | Sunk | |
| DD228 | John D. Ford | 30 December 1920 | 2 December 1945 | Scrapped | Redesignated AG-119 |
| DD229 | Truxtun | 30 December 1920 | 18 February 1942 | Sunk | Sunk 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 | ||||
| DD236 | Humphreys | ||||
| DD237 | McFarland | ||||
| DD238 | James K. Paulding | ||||
| DD239 | Overton | ||||
| DD240 | Sturtevant | ||||
| DD241 | Childs | ||||
| DD242 | King | ||||
| DD243 | Sands | ||||
| DD244 | Williamson | ||||
| DD245 | Reuben James | 24 September 1920 | 31 October 1941 | Sunk | Sunk by German U-Boat forces, second American naval casualty of World War II |
| DD246 | Bainbridge | ||||
| DD247 | Goff | ||||
| DD248 | Barry | ||||
| DD249 | Hopkins | ||||
| DD250 | Lawrence | ||||
| DD251 | Belknap | ||||
| DD252 | McCook | ||||
| DD253 | McCalla | ||||
| DD254 | Rodgers | ||||
| DD255 | Osmond Ingram | ||||
| DD256 | Bancroft | ||||
| DD257 | Welles | ||||
| DD258 | Aulick | ||||
| DD259 | Turner | ||||
| DD260 | Gillis | ||||
| DD261 | Delphy | ||||
| DD262 | McDermut | ||||
| DD263 | Laub | ||||
| DD264 | McLanahan | ||||
| DD265 | Edwards | ||||
| DD266 | Greene | ||||
| DD267 | Ballard | ||||
| DD268 | Shubrick | ||||
| DD269 | Bailey | ||||
| DD270 | Thornton | ||||
| DD271 | Morris | ||||
| DD272 | Tingey | ||||
| DD273 | Swasey | ||||
| DD274 | Meade | ||||
| DD275 | Sinclair | ||||
| DD276 | McCawley | ||||
| DD277 | Moody | ||||
| DD278 | Henshaw | ||||
| DD279 | Meyer | ||||
| DD280 | Doyen | ||||
| DD281 | Sharkey | ||||
| DD282 | Toucey | ||||
| DD283 | Breck | ||||
| DD284 | Isherwood | ||||
| DD285 | Case | ||||
| DD286 | Lardner | ||||
| DD287 | Putnam | ||||
| DD288 | Worden | ||||
| DD289 | Flusser | ||||
| DD290 | Dale | ||||
| DD291 | Converse | ||||
| DD292 | Reid | ||||
| DD293 | Billingsley | ||||
| DD294 | Charles Ausburn | ||||
| DD295 | Osborne | ||||
| DD296 | Chauncey | ||||
| DD297 | Fuller | ||||
| DD298 | Percival | ||||
| DD299 | John Francis Burnes | ||||
| DD300 | Farragut | ||||
| DD301 | Somers | ||||
| DD302 | Stoddert | ||||
| DD303 | Reno | ||||
| DD304 | Farquhar | ||||
| DD305 | Thompson | ||||
| DD306 | Kennedy | ||||
| DD307 | Paul Hamilton | ||||
| DD308 | William Jones | ||||
| DD309 | Woodbury | ||||
| DD310 | S. P. Lee | ||||
| DD311 | Nicholas | ||||
| DD312 | Young | ||||
| DD313 | Zeilin | ||||
| DD314 | Yarborough | ||||
| DD315 | La Vallette | ||||
| DD316 | Sloat | ||||
| DD317 | Wood | ||||
| DD318 | Shirk | ||||
| DD319 | Kidder | ||||
| DD320 | Selfridge | ||||
| DD321 | Marcus | ||||
| DD322 | Mervine | ||||
| DD323 | Chase | ||||
| DD324 | Robert Smith | ||||
| DD325 | Mullany | ||||
| DD326 | Coghlan | ||||
| DD327 | Preston | ||||
| DD328 | Lamson | ||||
| DD329 | Bruce | ||||
| DD330 | Hull | ||||
| DD331 | Macdonough | ||||
| DD332 | Farenholt | ||||
| DD333 | Sumner | ||||
| DD334 | Corry | ||||
| DD335 | Melvin | ||||
| DD336 | Litchfield | ||||
| DD337 | Zane | ||||
| DD338 | Wasmuth | ||||
| DD339 | Trever | ||||
| DD340 | Perry | ||||
| DD341 | Decatur | ||||
| 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 |
