U.S.S. Claxton (1919)
From The Dreadnought Project
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.
She was transferred to Britain under the Lend/Lease program as H.M.S. Salisbury.
Captains
- Lieutenant Commander Frank T. Leighton, 13 September, 1919
- Lieutenant Commander Harry D. McHenry, December, 1921[7]
- Commander Eric G. A. Clifford, 5 December, 1940[8] – 26 February, 1941[9] (ship is now H.M.S. Salisbury)
- Lieutenant-Commander Marcus H. R. Crichton, 26 February, 1941[10] – 2 October, 1942[11]
- Commander Charles G. Thompson, 2 October, 1942[12] – January 1943[13]
- Commander Bernard J. de St. Croix, January, 1943[14] – August, 1943[15]
- Lieutenant-Commander Arthur F. C. Layard, August, 1943[16] – early 1944[17]
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.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
- ↑ Uboat.net page on the ship.
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