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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See all Destroyer classes.
Clemson class ships hit by U-boats (1) | |||
31 Oct 1941 | USS Reuben James (i) | Sunk | U-552 |
Books dealing with this subject include:
World War II American Destroyer Seaplane Tenders, Clemson Hull Conversions AVD-1 through AVD-14, Borchers, Duane D., Sr., |