Clemson Class Destroyer (1918)
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The Clemson class destroyers were ordered in massive numbers for the U.S. Navy to meet wartime needs for antisubmarine escorts, but only nine were launched and one were commissioned before the Armistice was signed. They differed from the previous Wickes class by having their range extended 35%, thanks to greater oil bunkerage on an increased displacement.
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Name | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Fate |
Clemson | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company | 11 May, 1918 | 5 Sep, 1918 | 29 Dec, 1919 | |
Dahlgren | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company | 2 Jun, 1918 | 20 Nov, 1918 | 6 Jan, 1920 | |
Goldsborough | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company | 2 Jun, 1918 | 20 Nov, 1918 | 26 Jan, 1920 | |
Semmes | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company | 10 Jul, 1918 | 21 Dec, 1918 | 21 Feb, 1920 | |
Satterlee | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company | 10 Jul, 1918 | 21 Dec, 1918 | 23 Dec, 1919 | Torpedoed 21 Jan, 1942 |
Mason | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company | 10 Jul, 1918 | 8 Mar, 1919 | 28 Feb, 1920 | Torpedoed 18 Oct, 1941 |
Graham | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company | 7 Sep, 1918 | 22 Mar, 1919 | 13 Mar, 1920 | Collision 16 Dec, 1921 |
Abel P. Upshur | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company | 20 Aug, 1918 | 14 Feb, 1920 | 23 Nov, 1920 | Broken up 1946 |
Hunt | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company | 20 Aug, 1918 | 14 Feb, 1920 | 30 Sep, 1920 | Broken up 1947 |
Welborn C. Wood | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company | 24 Sep, 1918 | 6 Mar, 1920 | 14 Jan, 1921 | Broken up 1947 |
George E. Badger | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company | 24 Sep, 1918 | 6 Mar, 1920 | 28 Jul, 1920 | |
Branch | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company | 25 Oct, 1918 | 19 Apr, 1919 | 26 Jul, 1920 | Torpedoed 11 Apr, 1943 |
Herndon | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company | 25 Nov, 1918 | 31 May, 1919 | 14 Sep, 1920 | Torpedoed 16 Jan, 1945 |
Dallas | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company | 25 Nov, 1918 | 31 May, 1919 | 8 Nov, 1920 | |
Chandler | William Cramp & Sons | 19 Aug, 1918 | 19 Mar, 1919 | 5 Sep, 1919 | |
Southard | William Cramp & Sons | 18 Aug, 1918 | 31 Mar, 1919 | 24 Sep, 1919 | |
Hovey | William Cramp & Sons | 7 Sep, 1918 | 26 Apr, 1919 | 2 Oct, 1919 | Kamikaze 6 Jan, 1945 |
Long | William Cramp & Sons | 23 Sep, 1918 | 26 Apr, 1919 | 20 Oct, 1919 | Kamikaze 6 Jan, 1945 |
Broome | William Cramp & Sons | 8 Oct, 1918 | 14 May, 1919 | 31 Oct, 1919 | Sold 20 Nov, 1946 |
Alden | William Cramp & Sons | 24 Oct, 1918 | 7 Jun, 1919 | 24 Nov, 1919 | Sold 30 Nov, 1945 |
Smith Thompson | William Cramp & Sons | 24 Mar, 1919 | 14 Jul, 1919 | 10 Dec, 1919 | Scuttled 25 Jul, 1936 |
Barker | William Cramp & Sons | 30 Apr, 1919 | 11 Sep, 1919 | 27 Dec, 1919 | Sold 30 Nov, 1945 |
Tracy | William Cramp & Sons | 30 Apr, 1919 | 12 Aug, 1919 | 9 Mar, 1920 | |
Borie | William Cramp & Sons | 30 Apr, 1919 | 4 Oct, 1919 | 24 Mar, 1920 | Collision 2 Nov, 1943 |
John D. Edwards | William Cramp & Sons | 21 May, 1919 | 18 Oct, 1919 | 6 Apr, 1920 | |
Whipple | William Cramp & Sons | 12 Jun, 1919 | 6 Nov, 1919 | 23 Apr, 1920 | |
Parrott | William Cramp & Sons | 23 Jul, 1919 | 25 Nov, 1919 | 11 May, 1920 | Sold 5 Apr, 1947 |
Edsall | William Cramp & Sons | 15 Sep, 1919 | 29 Jul, 1920 | 26 Nov, 1920 | Grounded 1 Mar, 1942 |
MacLeish | William Cramp & Sons | 19 Aug, 1919 | 18 Dec, 1919 | 2 Aug, 1920 | |
Simpson | William Cramp & Sons | 9 Oct, 1919 | 28 Apr, 1920 | 3 Nov, 1920 | |
Bulmer | William Cramp & Sons | 11 Aug, 1919 | 22 Jan, 1920 | 16 Aug, 1920 | Sold 19 Feb, 1947 |
McCormick | William Cramp & Sons | 11 Aug, 1919 | 14 Feb, 1920 | 30 Aug, 1920 | |
Stewart | William Cramp & Sons | 9 Sep, 1919 | 4 Mar, 1920 | 15 Sep, 1920 | Scuttled 2 Mar, 1942 |
Pope | William Cramp & Sons | 9 Sep, 1919 | 6 Apr, 1920 | 22 Oct, 1920 | Bombed 1 Mar, 1942 |
Peary | William Cramp & Sons | 6 Sep, 1919 | 6 Apr, 1920 | 22 Oct, 1920 | Bombed 19 Feb, 1942 |
Pillsbury | William Cramp & Sons | 23 Oct, 1919 | 3 Aug, 1920 | 15 Dec, 1920 | Grounded 1 Mar, 1942 |
Ford | William Cramp & Sons | 11 Nov, 1919 | 2 Sep, 1920 | 30 Dec, 1920 | |
Truxtun | William Cramp & Sons | 3 Dec, 1919 | 28 Sep, 1920 | 16 Feb, 1921 | Grounded 18 Feb, 1942 |
Paul Jones | William Cramp & Sons | 23 Dec, 1919 | 30 Sep, 1920 | 19 Apr, 1921 | |
Hatfield | New York Shipbuilding | 10 Jun, 1918 | 17 Mar, 1919 | 16 Apr, 1920 | |
Brooks | New York Shipbuilding | 11 Jun, 1918 | 24 Apr, 1919 | 18 Jun, 1920 | Sold 30 Jan, 1946 |
Gilmer | New York Shipbuilding | 25 Jun, 1918 | 24 May, 1919 | 30 Apr, 1920 | |
Fox | New York Shipbuilding | 25 Jun, 1918 | 12 Jun, 1919 | 17 May, 1920 | |
Kane | New York Shipbuilding | 3 Jul, 1918 | 12 Aug, 1919 | 11 Jun, 1920 | |
Humphreys | New York Shipbuilding | 31 Jul, 1918 | 28 Jul, 1919 | 21 Jul, 1920 | |
McFarland | New York Shipbuilding | 31 Jul, 1918 | 30 Mar, 1920 | 30 Sep, 1920 | |
James K. Paulding | New York Shipbuilding | 31 Jul, 1918 | 20 Apr, 1920 | 30 Sep, 1920 | |
Overton | New York Shipbuilding | 30 Oct, 1918 | 10 Jul, 1919 | 30 Jun, 1920 | |
Sturtevant | New York Shipbuilding | 23 Nov, 1918 | 8 Aug, 1920 | 21 Sep, 1920 | Mined 26 Apr, 1942 |
Childs | New York Shipbuilding | 19 Mar, 1919 | 15 Sep, 1920 | 22 Oct, 1920 | |
King | New York Shipbuilding | 28 Apr, 1919 | 14 Oct, 1920 | 16 Dec, 1920 | |
Sands | New York Shipbuilding | 22 Mar, 1919 | 28 Oct, 1919 | 10 Nov, 1920 | |
Williamson | New York Shipbuilding | 27 Mar, 1919 | 16 Oct, 1919 | 29 Oct, 1920 | |
Reuben James | New York Shipbuilding | 2 Apr, 1919 | 4 Oct, 1919 | 24 Sep, 1920 | Torpedoed 31 Oct, 1941 |
Bainbridge | New York Shipbuilding | 27 May, 1919 | 12 Jun, 1920 | 9 Feb, 1921 | Sold 30 Nov, 1945 |
Goff | New York Shipbuilding | 16 Jun, 1919 | 2 Jun, 1920 | 19 Jan, 1921 | |
Barry | New York Shipbuilding | 26 Jul, 1919 | 28 Oct, 1920 | 28 Dec, 1920 | Kamikazed 21 Jun, 1945 |
Hopkins | New York Shipbuilding | 30 Jul, 1919 | 26 Jun, 1920 | 21 Mar, 1921 | |
Lawrence | New York Shipbuilding | 14 Aug, 1919 | 10 Jul, 1920 | 18 Apr, 1921 | |
Belknap | Fore River | 3 Sep, 1918 | 14 Jan, 1919 | 28 Apr, 1919 | |
McCook | Fore River | 11 Sep, 1918 | 28 Mar, 1919 | 22 Jul, 1919 | Torpedoed 30 Sep, 1943 |
McCalla | Fore River | 25 Sep, 1918 | 28 Mar, 1919 | 19 May, 1919 | Torpedoed 19 Dec, 1941 |
Rodgers | Fore River | 25 Feb, 1918 | 26 Apr, 1919 | 22 Jul, 1919 | Broken up 1945 |
Ingram | Fore River | 15 Oct, 1918 | 1 Mar, 1919 | 28 Jun, 1919 | |
Bancroft | Fore River | 4 Nov, 1918 | 21 Mar, 1919 | 30 Jun, 1919 | Collision 11 Jul, 1945 |
Welles | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 13 Nov, 1918 | 8 May, 1919 | 2 Sep, 1919 | Broken up Nov, 1944 |
Aulick | Fore River Shipbuilding Company | 3 Dec, 1918 | 11 Apr, 1919 | 26 Jul, 1919 | Broken up 1948 |
Turner | Fore River Shipbuilding Company | 21 Dec, 1918 | 17 May, 1919 | 24 Sep, 1919 | |
Gillis | Fore River Shipbuilding Company | 27 Dec, 1918 | 29 May, 1919 | 3 Sep, 1919 | |
Delphy | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 20 Apr, 1918 | 18 Jul, 1918 | 30 Nov, 1918 | |
McDermut | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 20 Apr, 1918 | 6 Jul, 1918 | 27 Mar, 1919 | |
Laub | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 20 Apr, 1918 | 25 Aug, 1918 | 17 Mar, 1919 | Broken up 1947 |
McLanahan | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 20 Apr, 1918 | 22 Sep, 1918 | 5 Apr, 1919 | Sold 1946 |
Edwards | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 20 Apr, 1918 | 10 Oct, 1918 | 24 Apr, 1919 | Sold Jun, 1945 |
Greene | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 3 Jun, 1918 | 2 Nov, 1918 | 9 May, 1919 | Grounded 9 Oct, 1945 |
Ballard | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 3 Jun, 1918 | 7 Dec, 1918 | 5 Jun, 1919 | Sold 23 May, 1946 |
Shubrick | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 3 Jun, 1918 | 31 Dec, 1918 | 7 Jul, 1919 | Broken up 1945 |
Bailey | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 3 Jun, 1918 | 5 Feb, 1919 | 27 Jun, 1919 | Broken up 1945 |
Thornton | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 3 Jun, 1918 | 22 Mar, 1919 | 15 Jul, 1919 | |
Morris | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 20 Jul, 1918 | 12 Apr, 1919 | 21 Jul, 1919 | |
Tingey | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 8 Aug, 1918 | 24 Apr, 1919 | 25 Jul, 1919 | |
Swasey | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 27 Aug, 1918 | 7 May, 1919 | 8 Aug, 1919 | Mined 27 Sep, 1944 |
Meade | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 24 Sep, 1918 | 24 May, 1919 | 8 Sep, 1919 | Broken up 1947 |
Sinclair | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 11 Oct, 1918 | 2 Jun, 1919 | 8 Oct, 1919 | |
McCawley | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 2 Nov, 1918 | 14 Jun, 1919 | 22 Sep, 1919 | |
Moody | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 9 Dec, 1918 | 28 Jun, 1919 | 10 Dec, 1919 | |
Henshaw | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 3 Jan, 1919 | 28 Jun, 1919 | 10 Dec, 1919 | |
Meyer | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 6 Feb, 1919 | 18 Jul, 1919 | 17 Dec, 1919 | |
Doyen | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 24 Mar, 1919 | 26 Jul, 1919 | 17 Dec, 1919 | |
Sharkey | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 14 Apr, 1919 | 12 Aug, 1919 | 28 Nov, 1919 | |
Toucey | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 26 Apr, 1919 | 5 Sep, 1919 | 9 Dec, 1919 | |
Breck | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 8 May, 1919 | 5 Sep, 1919 | 1 Dec, 1919 | |
Isherwood | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 24 May, 1919 | 10 Sep, 1919 | 4 Dec, 1919 | |
Case | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 3 Jun, 1919 | 21 Sep, 1919 | 8 Dec, 1919 | |
Lardner | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 16 Jun, 1919 | 29 Sep, 1919 | 10 Dec, 1919 | |
Putnam | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 30 Jun, 1919 | 30 Sep, 1919 | 18 Dec, 1919 | Sold May, 1955 |
Worden | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 30 Jun, 1919 | 24 Oct, 1919 | 24 Feb, 1920 | Grounded 1933 |
Flusser | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 21 Jul, 1919 | 7 Nov, 1919 | 25 Feb, 1920 | |
Dale | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 28 Jul, 1919 | 19 Nov, 1919 | 16 Feb, 1920 | Bombed 28 Mar, 1943 |
Converse | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 13 Aug, 1919 | 28 Nov, 1919 | 28 Apr, 1920 | |
Reid | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 9 Sep, 1919 | 15 Oct, 1919 | 3 Dec, 1919 | |
Billingsley | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 8 Sep, 1919 | 10 Dec, 1919 | 1 Mar, 1920 | |
Charles Ausburn | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 11 Sep, 1919 | 18 Dec, 1919 | 23 Mar, 1920 | |
Osborne | Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Squantum Yard | 23 Sep, 1919 | 29 Dec, 1919 | 17 May, 1920 | Burned 27 Jun, 1942 |
Chauncey | Union Iron Works | 17 Jun, 1918 | 29 Sep, 1919 | 25 Jun, 1919 | |
Fuller | Union Iron Works | 4 Jul, 1918 | 5 Dec, 1918 | 28 Feb, 1920 | Grounded 8 Sep, 1923 |
Percival | Union Iron Works | 4 Jul, 1918 | 5 Dec, 1918 | 31 Mar, 1920 | |
John Francis Burnes | Union Iron Works | 4 Jul, 1918 | 10 Nov, 1918 | 1 May, 1920 | |
Farragut | Union Iron Works | 4 Jul, 1918 | 10 Nov, 1918 | 4 Jun, 1920 | |
Somers | Union Iron Works | 4 Jul, 1918 | 21 Nov, 1918 | 23 Jun, 1920 | |
Stoddert | Union Iron Works | 4 Jul, 1918 | 8 Jan, 1919 | 30 Jun, 1920 | |
Reno | Union Iron Works | 4 Jul, 1918 | 22 Jan, 1919 | 23 Jul, 1920 | |
Farquhar | Union Iron Works | 13 Aug, 1918 | 18 Jan, 1919 | 5 Aug, 1920 | |
Thompson | Union Iron Works | 14 Aug, 1918 | 19 Jan, 1919 | 16 Aug, 1920 | Expended 1944 |
Kennedy | Union Iron Works | 25 Sep, 1918 | 15 Feb, 1919 | 28 Aug, 1920 | |
Paul Hamilton | Union Iron Works | 25 Sep, 1918 | 21 Feb, 1919 | 24 Sep, 1920 | |
William Jones | Union Iron Works | 2 Oct, 1918 | 9 Apr, 1919 | 30 Sep, 1929 | |
Woodbury | Union Iron Works | 3 Oct, 1918 | 6 Feb, 1919 | 30 Oct, 1920 | Grounded 8 Sep, 1923 |
S. P. Lee | Union Iron Works | 31 Dec, 1918 | 22 Apr, 1919 | 30 Oct, 1920 | Grounded 8 Sep, 1923 |
Nicholas | Union Iron Works | 11 Jan, 1919 | 1 May, 1919 | 23 Nov, 1920 | Grounded 8 Sep, 1923 |
Young | Union Iron Works | 28 Jan, 1919 | 8 May, 1919 | 29 Nov, 1920 | Grounded 8 Sep, 1923 |
Zeilin | Union Iron Works | 20 Feb, 1919 | 28 May, 1919 | 10 Dec, 1920 | |
Yarborough | Union Iron Works | 27 Feb, 1919 | 20 Jun, 1919 | 31 Dec, 1920 | |
La Vallette | Union Iron Works | 14 Apr, 1919 | 15 Jul, 1919 | 24 Dec, 1920 | |
Sloat | Union Iron Works | 18 Jan, 1919 | 14 May, 1919 | 30 Dec, 1920 | Expended 26 Jun, 1935 |
Wood | Union Iron Works | 23 Jan, 1919 | 28 May, 1919 | 28 Jan, 1921 | |
Shirk | Union Iron Works | 13 Feb, 1919 | 20 Jun, 1919 | 5 Feb, 1921 | Broken up 1931 |
Kidder | Union Iron Works | 5 Mar, 1919 | 10 Jul, 1919 | 7 Feb, 1921 | |
Selfridge | Union Iron Works | 28 Apr, 1919 | 25 Jul, 1919 | 17 Feb, 1921 | |
Marcus | Union Iron Works | 20 May, 1919 | 22 Aug, 1919 | 23 Feb, 1921 | Expended 25 Jun, 1935 |
Mervine | Union Iron Works | 28 Apr, 1919 | 11 Aug, 1919 | 1 Mar, 1921 | |
Chase | Union Iron Works | 5 May, 1919 | 2 Sep, 1919 | 10 Mar, 1921 | |
Robert Smith | Union Iron Works | 13 May, 1919 | 19 Sep, 1919 | 17 Mar, 1921 | |
Mullany | Union Iron Works | 3 Jun, 1919 | 9 Jul, 1920 | 29 Mar, 1921 | |
Coghlan | Union Iron Works | 25 Jun, 1919 | 16 Jun, 1920 | 31 Mar, 1921 | |
Preston | Union Iron Works | 19 Jul, 1919 | 7 Aug, 1920 | 13 Apr, 1921 | Sold 23 Aug, 1932 |
Lamson | Union Iron Works | 13 Aug, 1919 | 1 Sep, 1920 | 19 Apr, 1921 | |
Bruce | Union Iron Works | 30 Jul, 1919 | 20 May, 1920 | 29 Sep, 1920 | Sold Aug, 1932 |
Hull | Union Iron Works | 13 Sep, 1920 | 18 Feb, 1921 | 26 Apr, 1921 | |
Macdonough | Union Iron Works | 24 May, 1920 | 15 Dec, 1920 | 30 Apr, 1921 | |
Farenholt | Union Iron Works | 13 Sep, 1920 | 9 Mar, 1921 | 10 May, 1921 | |
Sumner | Union Iron Works | 27 Aug, 1919 | 24 Nov, 1920 | 27 May, 1921 | Sold 1934 |
Corry | Union Iron Works | 15 Sep, 1920 | 28 Mar, 1921 | 25 May, 1921 | |
Melvin | Union Iron Works | 15 Sep, 1920 | 11 Apr, 1921 | 31 May, 1921 | |
Litchfield | Mare Island NYd | 15 Jan, 1919 | 12 Aug, 1919 | 12 May, 1920 | |
Zane | Mare Island NYd | 15 Jan, 1919 | 12 Aug, 1919 | 15 Feb, 1921 | |
Wasmuth | Mare Island NYd | 12 Aug, 1919 | 15 Sep, 1920 | 16 Dec, 1921 | Foundered 29 Dec, 1942 |
Trever | Mare Island NYd | 12 Aug, 1919 | 15 Sep, 1920 | 3 Aug, 1922 | |
Perry | Mare Island NYd | 15 Sep, 1920 | 29 Oct, 1921 | 7 Aug, 1922 | Mined 13 Sep, 1944 |
Decatur | Mare Island NYd | 15 Sep, 1920 | 29 Oct, 1921 | 9 Aug, 1922 | |
Hulbert | Norfolk NYd | 18 Nov, 1918 | 28 Jun, 1919 | 27 Oct, 1920 | |
Noa | Norfolk NYd | 18 Nov, 1918 | 28 Jun, 1919 | 15 Feb, 1921 | Collision 12 Sep, 1944 |
William B. Preston | Norfolk NYd | 18 Nov, 1918 | 9 Aug, 1919 | 23 Aug, 1920 | |
Preble | Bath Iron Works | 12 Apr, 1919 | 8 Mar, 1920 | 19 Mar, 1920 | |
Sicard | Bath Iron Works | 18 Jun, 1919 | 20 Apr, 1920 | 9 Jun, 1920 | |
Pruitt | Bath Iron Works | 25 Jun, 1919 | 2 Aug, 1920 | 2 Sep, 1920 |
Design & Construction
Performance
Armament
Main Battery
Most were fitted in the customary "flush decker" manner:
- one 4-in/50cal gun forward
- two 4-in/50cal guns on each side at the shoulder
- one 4-in/50cal gun right aft
In Hatfield, Brooks, Gilmer, Fox and Kane, the guns were larger: 5-in/51cal. In Hovey and Long the mounts were twin-barrel Mark 44 4-in/50cal.
Other Guns
- one 3-in/23cal A.A. gun on aft deckhouse (sometimes swapped with after 4-in gun)
Torpedoes
- four triple torpedo tube mounts situated two to each side toward the aft
Depth Charges
This varied somewhat, but generally:
- one-two depth charge racks aft
- Y-gun projector forward of aft deck house
Fire Control
Torpedo Control
Searchlights
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Gray, Randal (editor) (1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. London: Conway Maritime Press. (on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk).
- Friedman, Norman (1985). U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. (on Amazon.com).