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− | |fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Claxton''''' was one of one hundred and eleven [[Wickes Class Destroyer (1917)|Wickes class]] | + | |fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Claxton''''' was one of one hundred and eleven [[Wickes Class Destroyer (1917)|''Wickes'' class destroyers]] completed for the [[U.S. Navy]]. |
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
− | + | ''Claxton'' was commissioned on 13 September, 1919 with Lieutenant Commander [[Frank Thomson Leighton|Frank T. Leighton]] in command. | |
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
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− | {{ | + | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Frank Thomson Leighton|nick=Frank T. Leighton|appt=13 September, 1919|precBy=New Command}} |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{LCommUS}}|name=Harry Dickson McHenry|nick=Harry D. McHenry|appt=December, 1921{{USOfficerReg1922|pp. 38-39}}}} | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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U.S.S. Claxton (1919) | |
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Hull Number: | DD-140 |
Builder: | Mare Island[1] |
Laid down: | 25 Apr, 1918[2] |
Launched: | 14 Jan, 1919[3] |
Commissioned: | 13 Sep, 1919[4] |
Decommissioned: | 18 Jun, 1922[5] |
Sold: | Oct, 1944[6] |
Fate: | as H.M.S. Salisbury |
Service
Claxton was commissioned on 13 September, 1919 with Lieutenant Commander Frank T. Leighton in command.
Captains
- Lieutenant Commander Frank T. Leighton, 13 September, 1919
- Lieutenant Commander Harry D. McHenry, December, 1921[7]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 432.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 432.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 432.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 432.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 432.
- ↑ Friedman. U.S. Destroyers. p. 432.
- ↑ Register of Officers, 1922. pp. 38-39.
Bibliography