The destroyer USS Litchfield (DD 336) of the US Navy.
Technical information
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | 1215/1308 BRT |
| Length | 314 feet |
| Complement | 122 men |
| Armament | 4 4inch guns 12 21inch torpedo tubes AA guns |
| Max speed | 35 knots |
| Engines | Steam boilers or turbines |
| Power | 26000 |
| Notes on class | These destroyers were the last ones built for the US Navy until the Farragut class came along 14 years later. They are most famous for being the "flush-deckers" of WWII - many of these being sold very expensively to Britain in 1940. US Navy destroyer classes during WWII: |
All ships of the Clemson class
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| USS Alden (DD 211) | ||
| USS Aulick (i) (DD 258) (to Britain as HMS Burnham (H 82)) | ||
| USS Bailey (i) (DD 269) (to Britain as HMS Reading (G 71)) | ||
| USS Bancroft (i) (DD 256) (to Canada as HMCS St Francis (I 93)) | ||
| USS Barker (DD 213) | ||
| USS Barry (DD 248) | ||
| USS Branch (DD 197) (to Britain as HMS Beverley (H 64)) | ||
| USS Breck (DD 283) | ||
| USS Brooks (DD 232) | ||
| USS Broome (DD 210) | ||
| USS Bulmer (DD 222) | ||
| USS Dahlgren (DD 187) | ||
| USS Dallas (DD 199) | ||
| USS Decatur (DD 341) | ||
| USS Edwards (i) (DD 265) (to Britain as HMS Buxton (H 96)) | ||
 | USS Fox (DD 234) | |
| USS Gilmer (DD 233) | ||
| USS Goff (DD 247) | ||
| USS Hatfield (DD 231) | ||
| USS Herndon (i) (DD 198) (to Britain as HMS Churchill (I 45)) | ||
| USS Humphreys (DD 236) | ||
| USS Hunt (i) (DD 194) (to Britain as HMS Broadway (H 90)) | ||
| USS John D. Edwards (DD 216) | ||
| USS John D. Ford (DD 228) | ||
| USS Kane (DD 235) | ||
| USS King (DD 242) | ||
| USS Laub (i) (DD 263) (to Britain as HMS Burwell (H 94)) | ||
| USS Lawrence (DD 250) | ||
| | USS Litchfield (DD 336) | |
| USS MacLeish (DD 220) | ||
| USS Mason (DD 191) (to Britain as HMS Broadwater (H 81)) | ||
| USS McCalla (i) (DD 253) (to Britain as HMS Stanley (I 73)) | ||
| USS McCook (i) (DD 252) (to Canada as HMCS St Croix (I 81)) | ||
| USS McCormick (DD 223) | ||
| USS McLanahan (i) (DD 264) (to Britain as HMS Bradford (H 72)) | ||
| USS Meade (i) (DD 274) (to Britain as HMS Ramsey (G 60)) | ||
| USS Noa (i) (DD 343) | Lost on 12 Sep 1944 | |
| USS Overton (DD 239) | ||
| USS Parrott (DD 218) | ||
| | USS Paul Jones (DD 230) | |
| USS Rodgers (DD 254) (to Britain as HMS Sherwood (I 80)) | ||
| USS Sands (DD 243) | ||
| USS Satterlee (i) (DD 190) (to Britain as HMS Belmont (H 46)) | ||
| USS Shubrick (i) (DD 268) (to Britain as HMS Ripley (G 79)) | ||
| | USS Simpson (DD 221) | |
| USS Sturtevant (i) (DD 240) | Lost on 26 Apr 1942 | |
| USS Welborn C. Wood (DD 195) (to Britain as HMS Chesterfield (I 28)) | ||
| USS Welles (i) (DD 257) (to Britain as HMS Cameron (I 05)) | ||
| USS Whipple (DD 217) | ||
| USS Abel P. Upshur (DD 193) (to Britain as HMS Clare (I 14)) | ||
| | USS Bainbridge (DD 246) | |
| USS Borie (i) (DD 215) | Lost on 2 Nov 1943 | |
| USS Edsall (i) (DD 219) | Lost on 1 Mar 1942 | |
| | USS Peary (DD 226) | Lost on 19 Feb 1942 |
| USS Pillsbury (i) (DD 227) | Lost on 1 Mar 1942 | |
| | USS Pope (i) (DD 225) | Lost on 1 Mar 1942 |
| | USS Reuben James (i) (DD 245) | Lost on 31 Oct 1941 |
| | USS Stewart (i) (DD 224) | Lost on 2 Mar 1942 |
| | USS Swasey (DD 273) (to Britain as HMS Rockingham (G 58)) | |
| USS Truxtun (DD 229) | Lost on 18 Feb 1942 | |
Destroyer minelayer | ||
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| USS Preble (DM 20) | ||
| USS Pruitt (DM 22) | ||
| USS Sicard (DM 21) | ||
| USS Tracy (DM 19) | ||
High speed minesweeper | ||
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| USS Chandler (DMS 9) | ||
| USS Hopkins (DMS 13) | ||
| USS Hovey (DMS 11) | Lost on 6 Jan 1945 | |
| USS Long (DMS 12) | Lost on 6 Jan 1945 | |
| USS Southard (DMS 10) | ||
| USS Trever (DMS 16) | ||
| | USS Zane (DMS 14) | |
| | USS Perry (i) (DMS 17) | Lost on 13 Sep 1944 |
| USS Wasmuth (DMS 15) | Lost on 29 Dec 1942 | |
Sea plane tender | ||
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| USS Ballard (AVD 10) | ||
| USS Belknap (AVD 8) | ||
| USS Childs (AVD 1) | ||
| USS Clemson (AVD 4) | ||
| USS George E. Badger (AVD 3) | ||
| USS Gillis (AVD 12) | ||
| USS Goldsborough (AVD 5) | ||
| | USS Greene (AVD 13) | |
| USS McFarland (AVD 14) | ||
| USS Osmond Ingram (AVD 9) | ||
| USS Thornton (AVD 11) | ||
| USS Hulbert (AVD 6) | ||
| | USS William B. Preston (AVD 7) | |
| USS Williamson (AVD 2) | ||
Sonar test ship | ||
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| USS Semmes (AG 24) | ||
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US Navy (more on See all Destroyer classes.
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Clemson class ships hit by U-boats (1) | |||
| 31 Oct 1941 | USS Reuben James (i) | Sunk | U-552 |
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