The following is a list of Clemson-class destroyers.
The following 156 vessels were built as part of the Clemson-class destroyer line (a further 6 vessels, DD-200 to DD-205 authorized on 6 October 1917, were cancelled on 3 February 1919 without being named). The ships were authorized in the following batches:
Hull numbers did not exist until 17 July 1920. Prior to the adoption of hull numbers these ships would have been referred to as Destroyer No. ###.
Ship name | Hull no. | Builder | Keel laid | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate | Service notes |
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Clemson [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] | DD-186 | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | 11 May 1918 | 29 December 1919 12 July 1940 | 30 June 1922 12 October 1945 | Sold for scrap 21 November 1946 | Reclassified AVP-17 (15 November 1939), AVD-4 (6 August 1940), DD-186 (1 December 1943), APD-31 (7 March 1944), DD-186 (17 July 1945) |
Dahlgren [1] [3] [4] [5] [2] | DD-187 | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | 8 June 1918 | 6 January 1920 25 October 1932 | 30 June 1922 14 December 1945 | Sold for scrap 17 June 1946 | Reclassified AG-91 (1 March 1945) |
Goldsborough [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | DD-188 | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | 8 June 1918 | 26 January 1920 1 July 1940 | 14 July 1922 11 October 1945 | Sold for scrap 21 November 1946 | Reclassified AVP-18 (15 November 1939), AVD-5 (2 August 1940), DD-188 (1 December 1943), APD-32 (7 March 1944), DD-188 (10 July 1945) |
Semmes [1] [3] [4] [5] [7] | DD-189 | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | 10 July 1918 | 21 February 1920 20 April 1934 | 17 July 1922 2 June 1946 | Sold for scrap 25 November 1946 | Commissioned into Coast Guard as CG-20 (25 April 1932-20 April 1934), Reclassified AG-24 (1 July 1935) |
Satterlee [1] [3] [4] [5] [7] | DD-190 | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | 10 July 1918 | 23 December 1919 18 December 1939 | 11 July 1922 8 October 1940 | Sunk 31 January 1942 | Transferred to Royal Navy as HMS Belmont (8 October 1940), Torpedoed by U-82 |
Mason [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] | DD-191 | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | 10 July 1918 | 28 February 1920 4 December 1939 | 31 March 1922 8 October 1940 | Sunk 18 October 1941 | Transferred to Royal Navy as HMS Broadwater, (8 October 1940), Torpedoed by U-101Lt. John Stanley Parker, RNVR was the first American killed in action whilst serving with the Royal Navy. |
Graham [1] [3] [4] [5] [9] | DD-192 | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | 7 September 1918 | 13 March 1920 | 31 March 1922 | Sold for scrap 19 September 1922 | |
Abel P. Upshur [1] [3] [4] [5] | DD-193 | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | 20 August 1918 | 23 December 1920 4 December 1939 | 7 August 1922 9 September 1940 | Sold for scrap by RN 1947 | Commissioned into Coast Guard as CG-15 (5 November 1930-21 May 1934), Transferred to Royal Navy as HMS Clare (9 September 1940) |
Hunt [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | DD-194 | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | 20 August 1918 | 30 September 1920 December 1939 | 11 August 1922 8 October 1940 | Sold for scrap by RN 1947 | Commissioned into Coast Guard as CG-18 (13 September 1930-28 May 1934), Transferred to Royal Navy as HMS Broadway (8 October 1940) |
Welborn C. Wood [1] [3] [4] [5] [10] | DD-195 | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | 24 September 1918 | 14 January 1921 4 September 1939 | 8 August 1922 9 September 1940 | Sold for scrap by RN 1947 | Commissioned into Coast Guard as CG-19 (1 October 1930-21 May 1934), Transferred to Royal Navy as HMS Chesterfield (9 September 1940) |
George E. Badger [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | DD-196 | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | 24 September 1918 | 28 July 1920 8 January 1940 | 11 August 1922 3 October 1945 | Sold for scrap 3 June 1946 | Commissioned into Coast Guard as CG-16 (1 October 1930-21 May 1934), Reclassified AVP-16 (1 October 1939), AVD-3 (2 August 1940), APD-33 (19 May 1944), DD-196 (20 July 1945) |
Branch [1] [3] [4] [5] | DD-197 | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | 25 October 1918 | 26 July 1920 4 December 1939 | 11 August 1922 8 October 1940 | Sunk 9 April 1943 | Transferred to Royal Navy as HMS Beverley (8 October 1940), Torpedoed by U-188 |
Herndon [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | DD-198 | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | 25 November 1918 | 14 September 1920 4 December 1939 | 6 June 1922 9 September 1940 | Sunk 16 January 1945 | Commissioned into Coast Guard as CG-17 (13 September 1931-28 May 1934), Transferred to Royal Navy as HMS Churchill (9 September 1940), Transferred to Soviet Union as Deyatelnyi (16 July 1944), Torpedoed by U-956 |
Dallas [1] [3] [4] [5] [2] | DD-199 | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | 25 November 1918 | 29 October 1920 14 April 1925 25 September 1939 | 26 June 1922 23 March 1939 28 July 1945 | Sold for scrap 30 November 1945 | Renamed Alexander Dallas (31 March 1945) |
Unnamed [1] [3] | DD-200 | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | Never | Never | Never | Cancelled 3 February 1919 | Construction never started |
Unnamed [1] [3] | DD-201 | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | Never | Never | Never | Cancelled 3 February 1919 | Construction never started |
Unnamed [1] [3] | DD-202 | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | Never | Never | Never | Cancelled 3 February 1919 | Construction never started |
Unnamed [1] [3] | DD-203 | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | Never | Never | Never | Cancelled 3 February 1919 | Construction never started |
Unnamed [1] [3] | DD-204 | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | Never | Never | Never | Cancelled 3 February 1919 | Construction never started |
Unnamed [1] [3] | DD-205 | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company | Never | Never | Never | Cancelled 3 February 1919 | Construction never started |
Chandler [1] [3] [4] [5] [2] | DD-206 | William Cramp & Sons | 19 August 1918 | 5 September 1919 31 March 1930 | 20 October 1922 21 November 1945 | Sold for scrap 18 November 1946 | Reclassified DMS-9 (19 November 1940), AG-108 (5 June 1945) |
Southard [1] [3] [4] [5] [7] | DD-207 | William Cramp & Sons | 18 August 1918 | 24 September 1919 6 January 1930 | 7 February 1922 5 December 1945 | Wrecked 9 October 1945 | Reclassified DMS-10 (19 October 1940), Driven aground by Typhoon Louise, Wreck blown up 14 January 1946 |
Hovey [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | DD-208 | William Cramp & Sons | 7 September 1918 | 2 October 1919 20 February 1930 | 1 February 1923 ----- | Sunk 7 January 1945 | Reclassified DMS-11 (19 November 1940), Torpedoed by IJN aircraft |
Long [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] | DD-209 | William Cramp & Sons | 23 September 1918 | 20 October 1919 29 March 1930 | 30 December 1922 ----- | Sunk 6 January 1945 | Reclassified DMS-12 (19 November 1940), Hit by2 kamikazes |
Broome [1] [3] [4] [5] | DD-210 | William Cramp & Sons | 8 October 1918 | 31 October 1919 5 February 1930 | 30 December 1922 20 May 1946 | Sold for scrap 20 November 1946 | Reclassified AG-96 (23 May 1945) |
Alden [1] [3] [4] [5] | DD-211 | William Cramp & Sons | 24 October 1918 | 24 November 1919 8 May 1930 | 24 January 1923 15 July 1945 | Sold for scrap 30 November 1945 | |
Smith Thompson [1] [3] [4] [5] [7] | DD-212 | William Cramp & Sons | 14 August 1918 | 16 August 1919 | 15 May 1936 | Scuttled 25 July 1936 | Rammed amidships 14 April 1936 by Whipple (DD-217), Inspection showed the ship not worth repairing |
Barker [1] [3] [4] [5] | DD-213 | William Cramp & Sons | 30 April 1919 | 27 December 1919 | 18 July 1945 | Sold for scrap 30 November 1945 | |
Tracy [1] [3] [4] [5] [11] | DD-214 | William Cramp & Sons | 30 April 1919 | 9 March 1920 | 19 January 1946 | Sold for Scrap 16 May 1946 | Reclassified DM-19 (30 June 1937) |
Borie [1] [3] [4] [5] | DD-215 | William Cramp & Sons | 30 April 1919 | 24 March 1920 | ----- | Scuttled 2 November 1943 | Badly damaged in an engagement with U-405 (1 November 1943) |
John D. Edwards [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | DD-216 | William Cramp & Sons | 21 May 1919 | 6 April 1920 | 28 July 1945 | Sold for scrap 30 November 1945 | |
Whipple [1] [3] [4] [5] [10] | DD-217 | William Cramp & Sons | 12 June 1919 | 23 April 1920 | 9 November 1945 | Sold for scrap 30 September 1947 | Reclassified AG-117 (6 June 1945) |
Parrott [1] [3] [4] [5] [12] | DD-218 | William Cramp & Sons | 23 July 1919 | 11 May 1920 | 14 June 1944 | Sold for scrap 5 April 1947 | Rammed 2 May 1944 by SS John Morton, Inspection showed the ship not worth repairing |
Edsall [1] [3] [4] [5] [2] | DD-219 | William Cramp & Sons | 15 September 1919 | 26 November 1920 | ----- | Sunk 1 March 1942 | Sunk by combined IJN air and surface attack |
MacLeish [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] | DD-220 | William Cramp & Sons | 19 August 1919 | 2 August 1920 25 September 1939 | 11 March 1938 8 March 1946 | Sold for scrap 18 December 1946 | Reclassified AG-87 (5 January 1945) |
Simpson [1] [3] [4] [5] [7] | DD-221 | William Cramp & Sons | 9 October 1919 | 3 November 1920 | 29 March 1946 | Sold for scrap 21 November 1946 | Reclassified APD-27 (Cancelled January 1944), AG-97 (23 May 1945) |
Bulmer [1] [3] [4] [5] | DD-222 | William Cramp & Sons | 11 August 1919 | 16 August 1920 | 16 August 1946 | Sold for scrap 19 February 1947 | Reclassified AG-86 (1 December 1944) |
McCormick [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] | DD-223 | William Cramp & Sons | 11 August 1919 | 30 August 1920 | 4 October 1945 | Sold for scrap 15 December 1946 | Reclassified AG-118 (30 June 1945) |
Stewart [1] [3] [4] [5] [7] | DD-224 | William Cramp & Sons | 9 September 1919 | 15 September 1920 29 October 1945 | ----- 23 May 1946 | Sunk as target 24 May 1946 | Damaged in the Battle of Badung Strait (19/20 February 1942), Entered the floating drydock at Surabaya on 22 February 1942, she was inadequately supported and as the dock rose the ship fell off the keel blocks onto her side in 12 feet (3.7 m) of water, bending her propeller shafts and causing further hull damage, subsequently, demolition charges were set off within the ship, a Japanese bomb hit amidships further damaged her, before the port was evacuated on 2 March 1942 and the drydock containing her was scuttled, Raised by IJN February 1943, Commissioned 20 September 1943 as Patrol Boat No. 102, Recovered by USN August 1945, “named” DD-224i |
Pope [1] [3] [4] [5] [12] | DD-225 | William Cramp & Sons | 9 September 1919 | 27 October 1920 | ----- | Sunk 1 March 1942 | Sunk by combined IJN air and surface attack |
Peary [1] [3] [4] [5] [12] | DD-226 | William Cramp & Sons | 9 September 1919 | 22 October 1920 | ----- | Sunk 19 February 1942 | Sunk by IJN air attack |
Pillsbury [1] [3] [4] [5] [12] | DD-227 | William Cramp & Sons | 23 October 1919 | 15 December 1920 | ----- | Sunk 2 March 1942 | Sunk by IJN in surface action |
Ford [1] [3] [4] [5] [2] [6] | DD-228 | William Cramp & Sons | 11 November 1919 | 30 December 1920 | 2 November 1945 | Sold for scrap 5 October 1947 | Renamed John D. Ford (17 November 1921), Reclassified AG-119 (July 1945) |
Truxtun [1] [3] [4] [5] [11] | DD-229 | William Cramp & Sons | 3 December 1919 | 16 February 1921 | ----- | Wrecked 18 February 1942 | Ran aground and broke up “in a howling gale” off Newfoundland |
Paul Jones [1] [3] [4] [5] [12] | DD-230 | William Cramp & Sons | 23 December 1919 | 19 April 1921 | 5 November 1945 | Sold for scrap 5 October 1947 | Reclassified AG-120 (30 June 1945) |
Hatfield [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | DD-231 | New York Shipbuilding | 10 June 1918 | 16 April 1920 1 April 1932 25 September 1939 | 13 January 1931 28 April 1938 13 December 1946 | Sold for scrap 5 October 1947 | Reclassified AG-84 (30 June 1945) |
Brooks [1] [3] [4] [5] | DD-232 | New York Shipbuilding | 11 June 1918 | 18 June 1920 18 June 1932 25 April 1939 | 20 January 1931 2 September 1938 2 August 1945 | Sold for scrap 30 January 1946 | Reclassified APD-10 (1 December 1942) |
Gilmer [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | DD-233 | New York Shipbuilding | 25 June 1918 | 30 April 1920 25 September 1939 | 31 August 1938 5 February 1946 | Sold for scrap 3 December 1946 | Reclassified APD-11 (22 January 1943) |
Fox [1] [3] [4] [5] [2] | DD-234 | New York Shipbuilding | 25 June 1918 | 17 May 1920 1 April 1932 25 September 1939 | 2 February 1931 16 September 1938 29 November 1945 | Sold for scrap 12 November 1946 | Reclassified AG-85 (1 October 1944) |
Kane [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | DD-235 | New York Shipbuilding | 3 July 1918 | 11 June 1920 1 April 1932 23 September 1939 | 31 December 1930 28 April 1938 24 January 1946 | Sold for scrap 21 June 1946 | Reclassified APD-18 (25 March 1943) |
Humphreys [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | DD-236 | New York Shipbuilding | 31 July 1918 | 21 July 1920 | 26 October 1945 | Sold for scrap 26 August 1946 | |
McFarland [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] | DD-237 | New York Shipbuilding | 31 July 1918 | 30 September 1920 | 8 November 1945 | Sold for scrap 29 October 1946 | Reclassified AVD-14 (2 August 1940), DD-237 (1 December 1943) |
James K. Paulding [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | DD-238 | New York Shipbuilding | 31 July 1918 | 29 November 1920 | 10 February 1931 | Sold for scrap 16 March 1939 | |
Overton [1] [3] [4] [5] [12] | DD-239 | New York Shipbuilding | 30 October 1918 | 30 June 1920 1932 26 September 1939 | 3 February 1931 20 November 1937 30 July 1945 | Sold for scrap 30 November 1945 | Reclassified APD-23 (21 August 1943) |
Sturtevant [1] [3] [4] [5] [7] | DD-240 | New York Shipbuilding | 23 November 1918 | 24 September 1920 | ----- | Sunk 26 April 1942 | Struck 3 mines when passing through an American-laid minefield the existence the crew had no knowledge |
Childs [1] [3] [4] [5] [2] | DD-241 | New York Shipbuilding | 19 March 1919 | 22 October 1920 | 10 December 1945 | Sold for scrap 23 May 1946 | Reclassified AVP-14 (1 July 1938), AVD-1 (1 October 1940) |
King [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | DD-242 | New York Shipbuilding | 28 April 1919 | 16 December 1920 | 23 October 1945 | Sold for scrap 29 September 1946 | |
Sands [1] [3] [4] [5] [7] | DD-243 | New York Shipbuilding | 22 March 1919 | 10 November 1920 | 10 October 1945 | Sold for scrap 23 May 1946 | Reclassified APD-13 (30 October 1942) |
Williamson [1] [3] [4] [5] [10] | DD-244 | New York Shipbuilding | 27 March 1919 | 29 October 1920 | 8 November 1945 | Sold for scrap 30 October 1946 | Reclassified AVP-15 (1 July 1938), AVD-2 (2 August 1940), DD-244 (1 December 1943), APD-27 (Cancelled 10 July 1944) |
Reuben James [1] [3] [4] [5] [7] | DD-245 | New York Shipbuilding | 2 April 1919 | 24 September 1920 | ----- | Sunk 31 October 1941 | Torpedoed by U-552, Second American naval casualty of World War II |
Bainbridge [1] [3] [4] [5] | DD-246 | New York Shipbuilding | 26 May 1919 | 9 February 1921 | 21 July 1945 | Sold for scrap 30 November 1945 | |
Goff [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | DD-247 | New York Shipbuilding | 16 June 1919 | 19 June 1921 | 21 July 1945 | Sold for scrap 30 November 1945 | |
Barry [1] [3] [4] [5] | DD-248 | New York Shipbuilding | 26 July 1919 | 28 December 1920 | 21 June 1945 | Sunk 22 June 1945 | Reclassified APD-29 (15 January 1944), Hit by kamikaze on 25 May 1945, Inspection showed the ship not worth repairing, Hit by kamikaze on 21 June 1945 while under tow |
Hopkins [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | DD-249 | New York Shipbuilding | 30 July 1919 | 21 March 1921 | 21 December 1945 | Sold for scrap 8 November 1946 | Most decorated Clemson-class earning two Navy Unit Commendations and 10 battle stars |
Lawrence [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] | DD-250 | New York Shipbuilding | 14 August 1919 | 18 April 1921 | 24 October 1945 | Sold for scrap 1 October 1946 | |
Belknap [1] [3] [4] [5] | DD-251 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy | 3 September 1918 | 28 April 1919 | 4 August 1945 | Sold for scrap 30 November 1945 | Reclassified AVD-8 (2 August 1940), DD-251 (14 November 1943), APD-32 (22 June 1944), Hit by kamikaze on 11 January 1945 and never repaired |
McCook [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] | DD-252 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy | 10 September 1918 | 30 April 1919 18 December 1939 | 30 June 1922 24 September 1940 | Sunk 22 September 1943 | Transferred to Royal Navy (24 September 1940) and immediately transferred Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS St. Croix (I81), Hit by 3 torpedoes from U-305 21 September 1943 |
McCalla [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] | DD-253 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy | 25 September 1918 | 19 May 1919 18 December 1939 | 30 June 1922 23 October 1940 | Sunk 19 December 1941 | Transferred to Royal Navy as HMS Stanley, Torpedoed by U-574 |
Rodgers [1] [3] [4] [5] [7] | DD-254 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy | 5 October 1918 | 22 July 1919 18 December 1939 | 20 July 1922 23 October 1940 | Sold for scrap by RN 1945 | Transferred to Royal Navy (23 October 1940) as HMS Sherwood |
Osmond Ingram [1] [3] [4] [5] [12] | DD-255 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy | 15 October 1918 | 28 June 1919 22 November 1940 | 24 June 1922 8 January 1946 | Sold for scrap 17 June 1946 | Reclassified AVD-9 (2 August 1940), DD-255 (4 November 1943), APD-35 (22 June 1944) |
Bancroft [1] [3] [4] [5] | DD-256 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy | 4 November 1918 | 30 June 1919 18 December 1939 | 11 July 1922 24 September 1940 | Declared surplus to the RCN 1 April 1945 | Transferred to Royal Canadian Navy (24 September 1940) as HMCS St. Francis (I93), collided with a collier on the way to be scrapped and sank 14 July 1945 |
Welles [1] [3] [4] [5] [10] | DD-257 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy | 18 November 1918 | 2 September 1919 6 November 1939 | 15 June 1922 9 September 1940 | Scrapped November 1944 | Transferred to Royal Navy (9 September 1940) as HMS Cameron, Capsized in dry dock 5 December 1940 after an air raid, salvaged 23 February 1941 and used as a hulk for DC tests by UK & US. Paid off on 5 October 1943 |
Aulick [1] [3] [4] [5] | DD-258 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy | 3 December 1918 | 26 July 1919 18 June 1939 | 27 May 1922 8 October 1940 | Sold for scrap by RN March 1947 | Transferred to Royal Navy (8 October 1940) as HMS Burnham |
Turner [1] [3] [4] [5] [11] | DD-259 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy | 21 December 1918 | 24 September 1919 as Moosehead 5 April 1943 | 7 June 1922 as Moosehead 19 March 1946 | Sold for scrap 20 February 1947 | 28 September 1936 converted to YW-56 and placed in service, Reclassified IX-98 and renamed Moosehead 13 February 1943 |
Gillis [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | DD-260 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy | 27 December 1918 | 3 September 1919 28 June 1940 | 26 May 1922 15 October 1945 | Sold for scrap 29 January 1946 | Reclassified AVD-12 (2 August 1940) |
Delphy [1] [3] [4] [5] [2] | DD-261 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 20 April 1918 | 30 November 1918 | 26 October 1923 | Wrecked 8 September 1923 | Ran aground in the Honda Point disaster, sold for scrap 19 October 1925 |
McDermut [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] | DD-262 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 20 April 1918 | 27 March 1919 | 22 May 1929 | Sold for scrap 25 February 1932 | |
Laub [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] | DD-263 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 20 April 1918 | 17 March 1919 18 December 1939 | 15 June 1922 8 October 1940 | Sold for scrap by RN March 1947 | Transferred to Royal Navy (9 October 1940) as HMS Burwell |
McLanahan [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] | DD-264 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 20 April 1918 | 5 April 1919 18 December 1939 | June 1922 9 October 1940 | Sold for scrap by RN 19 June 1946 | Transferred to Royal Navy (8 October 1940) as HMS Bradford |
Edwards [1] [3] [4] [5] [2] | DD-265 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 20 April 1918 | 24 April 1919 18 December 1939 | 8 June 1922 8 October 1940 | Sold for scrap by RCN 21 March 1946 | Transferred to Royal Navy (8 October 1940) as HMS Buxton, later transferred to RCN |
Greene (ex-Anthony) [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | DD-266 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 3 June 1918 | 9 May 1919 28 June 1940 | 17 June 1922 23 November 1945 | Wrecked 9 October 1945 | Reclassified AVD-13 (6 April 1941), APD-36 (1 February 1944), Driven aground by Typhoon Louise, Wreck blown up 11 January 1946 |
Ballard [1] [3] [4] [5] | DD-267 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 3 June 1918 | 5 June 1919 25 June 1940 | 17 June 1922 5 December 1945 | Sold for scrap 23 May 1946 | Reclassified AVD-10 (2 August 1940) |
Shubrick [1] [3] [4] [5] [7] | DD-268 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 3 June 1918 | 3 July 1919 18 December 1939 | 8 June 1922 26 November 1940 | Sold for scrap by RN 20 March 1945 | Transferred to Royal Navy (26 November 1940) as HMS Ripley |
Bailey [1] [3] [4] [5] | DD-269 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 3 June 1918 | 27 June 1919 30 September 1939 | 16 June 1922 26 November 1940 | Sold for scrap by RN 24 July 1945 | Transferred to Royal Navy (26 November 1940) as HMS Reading |
Thornton [1] [3] [4] [5] [11] | DD-270 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 3 June 1918 | 15 July 1919 24 June 1940 | 24 May 1922 2 May 1945 | Wrecked 5 April 1945, Beached 2 May 1945 | Reclassified AVD-11 (2 August 1940), 5 April 1945 collided with 2 Oilers, Inspection showed the ship not worth repairing, beached & stripped, wreck donated to the government of the Ryukyu Islands July 1957 |
Morris [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] | DD-271 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 20 July 1918 | 21 July 1919 | 15 June 1922 | Sold for scrap 29 September 1936 | |
Tingey [1] [3] [4] [5] [11] | DD-272 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 8 August 1918 | 25 July 1919 | 24 May 1922 | Sold for scrap 29 September 1936 | |
Swasey [1] [3] [4] [5] [7] | DD-273 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 27 August 1918 | 8 August 1919 18 December 1939 | 10 June 1922 26 November 1940 | Sunk 27 September 1944 | Transferred to Royal Navy (26 November 1940) as HMS Rockingham, 27 September 1944 struck a British mine due to poor navagation and foundered under tow |
Meade [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] | DD-274 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 24 September 1918 | 8 September 1919 18 December 1939 | 25 May 1922 26 November 1940 | Sold for scrap by RN 18 February 1947 | Transferred to Royal Navy (26 November 1940) as HMS Ramsey |
Sinclair [1] [3] [4] [5] [7] | DD-275 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 11 October 1918 | 8 October 1919 27 September 1923 | 25 May 1920 1 June 1929 | Sold for scrap 30 August 1935 | Renamed Light Target (IX-37) (22 November 1930), Reverted to original name (24 April 1931) & designation (11 August 1931) |
McCawley [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] | DD-276 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 2 November 1918 | 22 September 1919 | 1 April 1930 | Sold for scrap 2 September 1931 | |
Moody [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] | DD-277 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 9 December 1918 | 10 December 1919 27 September 1923 | 15 June 1922 2 June 1930 | Sold for scrap 10 June 1931 | Sold to MGM in for making the film Hell Below, Moody was made up to look like a World War I Austro-Hungarian Navy minelayer and sunk by studio demolitions on 21 February 1933 |
Henshaw [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | DD-278 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 31 December 1918 | 10 December 1919 | 11 March 1930 | Sold for scrap 14 November 1930 | |
Meyer [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] | DD-279 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 6 February 1919 | 17 December 1919 | 15 May 1929 | Sold for scrap 25 February 1932 | |
Doyen [1] [3] [4] [5] [2] | DD-280 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 24 March 1919 | 17 December 1919 | 25 February 1930 | Sold for scrap 20 December 1930 | |
Sharkey [1] [3] [4] [5] [7] | DD-281 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 14 April 1919 | 28 November 1919 | 1 May 1930 | Sold for scrap 17 January 1931 | |
Toucey [1] [3] [4] [5] [11] | DD-282 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 26 April 1919 | 9 December 1919 | 1 May 1930 | Sold for scrap 17 January 1931 | |
Breck [1] [3] [4] [5] | DD-283 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 8 May 1919 | 1 December 1919 | 1 May 1930 | Sold for scrap 17 January 1931 | |
Isherwood [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | DD-284 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 24 May 1919 | 4 December 1919 | 1 May 1930 | Sold for scrap 17 January 1931 | |
Case [1] [3] [4] [5] [2] | DD-285 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 3 June 1919 | 8 December 1919 | 22 October 1930 | Sold for scrap 17 January 1931 | |
Lardner [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] | DD-286 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 14 June 1919 | 10 December 1919 | 1 May 1930 | Sold for scrap 17 January 1931 | |
Putnam [1] [3] [4] [5] [12] | DD-287 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 30 June 1919 | 18 December 1919 | 21 September 1929 | Sold 17 January 1931 | Rebuilt as banana boat MV Teapa, chartered by US Army as USAT Teapa in early 1942 in an effort to resupply Corregidor, Returned to former owners 1945, scrapped 1955 |
Worden [1] [3] [4] [5] [10] | DD-288 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 30 June 1919 | 24 February 1920 | 1 May 1930 | Sold 17 January 1931 | Rebuilt as banana boat MV Tabasco, wrecked 1932 |
Flusser [1] [3] [4] [5] [2] | DD-289 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 21 July 1919 | 25 February 1920 | 1 May 1930 | Sold for scrap 17 January 1931 | |
Dale [1] [3] [4] [5] [2] | DD-290 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 29 July 1919 | 16 February 1920 | 1 May 1930 | Sold 17 January 1931 | Rebuilt as banana boat MV Masaya, chartered by US Army as USAT Masaya in early 1942 in an effort to resupply Corregidor, sunk 28 March 1943 |
Converse [1] [3] [4] [5] [2] | DD-291 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 13 August 1919 | 28 April 1920 | 1 May 1930 | Sold for scrap 17 January 1931 | |
Reid [1] [3] [4] [5] [7] | DD-292 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 9 September 1919 | 3 December 1919 | 1 May 1930 | Sold for scrap 17 January 1931 | |
Billingsley [1] [3] [4] [5] | DD-293 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 8 September 1919 | 1 March 1920 | 1 May 1930 | Sold for scrap 17 January 1931 | |
Charles Ausburn [1] [3] [4] [5] [2] | DD-294 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 11 September 1919 | 23 March 1920 | 1 May 1930 | Sold for scrap 17 January 1931 | |
Osborne [1] [3] [4] [5] [12] | DD-295 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard | 23 September 1919 | 17 May 1920 | 1 May 1930 | Sold 17 January 1931 | Rebuilt as banana boat MV Matagalpa, chartered by US Army as USAT Matagalpa in early 1942 in an effort to resupply Corregidor, burned 27 June 1942 (total loss), scuttled 6 September 1947 |
Chauncey [1] [3] [4] [5] [2] | DD-296 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 17 June 1918 | 25 June 1919 | 26 October 1923 | Wrecked 8 September 1923 | Ran aground in the Honda Point disaster, sold for scrap 19 October 1925 |
Fuller [1] [3] [4] [5] [2] | DD-297 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 4 July 1918 | 28 February 1920 | 26 October 1923 | Wrecked 8 September 1923 | Ran aground in the Honda Point disaster, sold for scrap 19 October 1925 |
Percival [1] [3] [4] [5] [12] | DD-298 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 4 July 1918 | 31 March 1920 | 26 April 1930 | Sold for scrap 19 March 1931 | |
John Francis Burnes (ex-Swasey) [1] [3] [4] [5] [7] [6] | DD-299 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 4 July 1918 | 1 May 1920 | 25 February 1930 | Sold for scrap 10 June 1931 | |
Farragut [1] [3] [4] [5] [2] | DD-300 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 4 July 1918 | 4 June 1920 | 1 April 1930 | Sold for scrap 31 October 1930 | |
Somers [1] [3] [4] [5] [7] | DD-301 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 4 July 1918 | 23 June 1920 | 10 April 1930 | Sold for scrap 19 March 1931 | |
Stoddert [1] [3] [4] [5] [7] | DD-302 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 4 July 1918 | 30 June 1920 6 April 1931 | 20 May 1930 10 January 1933 | Sold for scrap 30 August 1935 | Renamed Light Target No. 1 (5 November 1930), Reclassified AG-18 (30 June 1931), Renamed Somers (1931), Reclassified DD-302 (16 April 1932) |
Reno [1] [3] [4] [5] [7] | DD-303 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 4 July 1918 | 23 July 1920 | 18 January 1930 | Sold for scrap 1931 | |
Farquhar [1] [3] [4] [5] [2] | DD-304 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 13 August 1918 | 31 July 1920 | 20 February 1930 | Sold for scrap 23 April 1932 | |
Thompson [1] [3] [4] [5] [11] | DD-305 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 14 August 1918 | 16 August 1920 | 4 April 1930 | Sold for scrap 10 June 1930 | Used as a floating restaurant in the 1930s, repurchased by the Navy in February 1944 and partly sunk in the mud flats of San Francisco Bay where Army and Navy aircraft carried out bombing runs with dummy bombs, Portions of the wreck remain above the waterline to this day. |
Kennedy [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | DD-306 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 25 September 1918 | 28 August 1920 | 20 February 1930 | Sold for scrap 23 April 1932 | |
Paul Hamilton (ex-Hamilton) [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] [12] | DD-307 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 8 June 1918 | 24 September 1920 | 20 January 1930 | Sold for scrap 1931 | |
William Jones [1] [3] [4] [5] [10] | DD-308 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 2 October 1918 | 30 September 1920 | 24 May 1930 | Sold for scrap 25 February 1932 | |
Woodbury [1] [3] [4] [5] [10] | DD-309 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 3 October 1918 | 20 October 1920 | 26 October 1923 | Wrecked 8 September 1923 | Ran aground in the Honda Point disaster, sold for scrap 19 October 1925 |
S. P. Lee [1] [3] [4] [5] [7] | DD-310 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 31 December 1918 | 30 October 1920 | 26 October 1923 | Wrecked 8 September 1923 | Ran aground in the Honda Point disaster, sold for scrap 19 October 1925 |
Nicholas [1] [3] [4] [5] [12] | DD-311 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 11 January 1919 | 23 November 1920 | 26 October 1923 | Wrecked 8 September 1923 | Ran aground in the Honda Point disaster, sold for scrap 19 October 1925 |
Young [1] [3] [4] [5] [10] | DD-312 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 28 January 1919 | 29 November 1920 | 26 October 1923 | Wrecked 8 September 1923 | Ran aground in the Honda Point disaster, sold for scrap 19 October 1925 |
Zeilin [1] [3] [4] [5] [10] | DD-313 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 20 February 1919 | 10 December 1920 | 22 January 1930 | Sold for scrap 1930 | |
Yarborough [1] [3] [4] [5] [10] | DD-314 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 27 February 1919 | 31 December 1920 | 29 May 1930 | Sold for scrap 25 February 1932 | |
La Vallette [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] | DD-315 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 14 April 1919 | 24 December 1920 | 19 April 1930 | Sold for scrap 10 June 1931 | |
Sloat [1] [3] [4] [5] [7] | DD-316 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 18 January 1919 | 30 December 1920 | 2 June 1930 | Sunk as target 26 June 1935 | |
Wood [10] | DD-317 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 23 January 1919 | 28 January 1921 | 31 March 1930 | Sold for scrap 14 November 1930 | |
Shirk [1] [3] [4] [5] [7] | DD-318 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 23 February 1919 | 25 January 1921 | 8 February 1930 | Sold for scrap 27 January 1931 | |
Kidder [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | DD-319 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 5 March 1919 | 7 February 1921 | 18 March 1930 | Sold for scrap 31 October 1930 | |
Selfridge [1] [3] [4] [5] [7] | DD-320 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 28 April 1919 | 17 February 1921 | 18 March 1930 | Sold for scrap 31 October 1930 | |
Marcus [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] | DD-321 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 20 May 1919 | 23 February 1921 | 31 May 1930 | Sunk as target 25 June 1935 | |
Mervine [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] | DD-322 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 28 April 1919 | 28 February 1921 | 4 June 1930 | Sold for scrap 1930 | |
Chase [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] | DD-323 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 5 May 1919 | 10 March 1921 | 15 May 1930 | Sold for scrap 1931 | |
Robert Smith [1] [3] [4] [5] [7] | DD-324 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 13 May 1919 | 17 March 1921 | 1 March 1930 | Sold for scrap 10 June 1931 | |
Mullany [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] | DD-325 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 3 June 1919 | 29 March 1921 | 1 May 1930 | Sold for scrap 19 March 1931 | |
Coghlan [1] [3] [4] [5] [2] | DD-326 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 25 June 1919 | 31 March 1921 | 1 May 1930 | Sold for scrap 19 March 1931 | |
Preston [1] [3] [4] [5] [12] | DD-327 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 19 July 1919 | 13 April 1921 | 1 May 1930 | Sold for scrap 23 August 1932 | |
Lamson [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] | DD-328 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 13 August 1919 | 19 April 1921 | 1 May 1930 | Sold for scrap 17 January 1931 | |
Bruce [1] [3] [4] [5] | DD-329 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 30 July 1919 | 29 September 1920 | 1 May 1930 | Sold for scrap 23 August 1932 | |
Hull [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | DD-330 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 13 September 1920 | 26 April 1921 | 31 March 1930 | Sold for scrap 10 June 1931 | |
Macdonough [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] | DD-331 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 24 May 1920 | 30 April 1921 | 8 January 1930 | Sold for scrap 20 December 1930 | |
Farenholt [1] [3] [4] [5] [2] | DD-332 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 13 September 1920 | 10 May 1921 | 20 February 1930 | Sold for scrap 10 June 1931 | |
Sumner [1] [3] [4] [5] [7] | DD-333 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 27 August 1919 | 27 May 1921 | 29 March 1930 | Sold for scrap 12 June 1934 | |
Corry [1] [3] [4] [5] [2] | DD-334 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 15 September 1920 | 25 May 1921 | 24 April 1930 | Sold for scrap 18 October 1930 | Scrapping was halted after removing most of the superstructure and forward hull. The remains of the ship were then towed to and abandoned as a break wall in the Napa River where she remains as of 2023 |
Melvin [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] | DD-335 | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco | 15 September 1920 | 31 May 1921 | 8 May 1930 | Sold for scrap 1930 | |
Litchfield [1] [3] [4] [5] [8] | DD-336 | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | 15 January 1919 | 12 May 1920 | 5 November 1945 | Scrapping was completed by the Philadelphia NY 29 March 1946 | Reclassified AG-98 (31 March 1945) |
Zane [1] [3] [4] [5] [10] | DD-337 | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | 15 January 1919 | 15 February 1921 25 February 1930 | 1 February 1923 14 December 1945 | Sold for scrap 22 October 1946 | Reclassified DMS-14 (19 November 1940), AG-109 (5 June 1945) |
Wasmuth [1] [3] [4] [5] [10] | DD-338 | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | 12 August 1919 | 15 December 1921 11 March 1930 | 26 July 1922 ----- | Foundered 29 December 1942 | Reclassified DMS-15 (19 November 1940), 27 December 1942 during a heavy Alaskan storm two depth charges were wrenched from their tracks by the pounding sea, fell over the side, and exploded beneath the ship's fantail. The blasts carried away part of the ship's stern and the ship began to founder |
Trever [1] [3] [4] [5] [11] | DD-339 | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | 12 August 1919 | 3 August 1922 2 June 1930 | 17 January 1923 23 November 1945 | Sold for scrap 12 November 1946 | Reclassified DMS-16 (19 November 1940), AG-110 (5 June 1945) |
Perry [1] [3] [4] [5] [12] | DD-340 | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | 15 September 1920 | 7 August 1922 1 April 1930 | 17 January 1923 ----- | Sunk 13 September 1944 | DMS-17 (19 November 1940), struck a Japanese mine |
Decatur [1] [3] [4] [5] [2] | DD-341 | Mare Island Naval Shipyard | 15 September 1920 | 9 August 1922 26 September 1923 | 17 January 1923 28 July 1945 | Sold for scrap 30 November 1945 | |
Hulbert [1] [3] [4] [5] [6] | DD-342 | Norfolk Naval Shipyard | 18 November 1918 | 27 October 1920 2 August 1940 | 17 October 1934 2 November 1945 | Sold for scrap 31 October 1946 | Reclassified AVP-19 (15 November 1939), AVD-6 (2 August 1940), DD-342 (1 December 1943) |
Noa [1] [3] [4] [5] [12] | DD-343 | Norfolk Naval Shipyard | 18 November 1918 | 15 February 1921 1 April 1940 | 11 November 1934 ----- | Foundered 12 September 1944 | Reclassified APD-24 (10 August 1943), sank after being rammed by Fullam (DD-474) |
William B. Preston [1] [3] [4] [5] [10] | DD-344 | Norfolk Naval Shipyard | 18 November 1918 | 23 August 1920 14 June 1940 | 15 October 1934 6 December 1945 | Sold for scrap 6 November 1946 | Reclassified AVP-20 (18 November 1939, AVD-7 (2 August 1940) |
Preble [1] [3] [4] [5] [12] | DD-345 | Bath Iron Works | 12 April 1919 | 19 March 1920 | 7 December 1945 | Sold for scrap 26 October 1946 | Reclassified DM-20 (30 June 1937, AG-99 (5 June 1945) |
Sicard [1] [3] [4] [5] [7] | DD-346 | Bath Iron Works | 18 March 1919 | 9 June 1920 | 21 November 1945 | Sold for scrap 22 June 1946 | Reclassified DM-21 (20 June 1937), AG-100 (5 June 1945) |
Pruitt [1] [3] [4] [5] [12] | DD-347 | Bath Iron Works | 25 June 1919 | 2 September 1920 | 16 November 1945 | Scrapped at Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1946 | Reclassified DM-22 (30 June 1937), AG-101 (5 June 1945) |
i - Her name was struck from the Navy list on 25 March 1942 and was soon assigned to a new ship, USS Stewart (DE-238), which was still in commission. The Stewart (DE-238) still exists as a museum at the Galveston Naval Museum.
USS Allen (DD-66) was a Sampson-class destroyer of the United States Navy launched in 1916. She was the second Navy ship named for Lieutenant William Henry Allen (1784–1813), a naval officer during the War of 1812. She was the longest-serving destroyer on the Naval Vessel Register when she was sold in 1946 and was one of the few ships in the US Navy during World War II which was completed during World War I.
The Clemson class was a series of 156 destroyers which served with the United States Navy from after World War I through World War II.
The Wickes-class destroyers were a class of 111 destroyers built by the United States Navy in 1917–19. Together with the six preceding Caldwell-class and following 156 subsequent Clemson-class destroyers, they were grouped as the "flush-deck" or "four-stack" type. Only a few were completed in time to serve in World War I, including USS Wickes, the lead ship of the class.
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USS Parker was an Aylwin-class destroyer built for the United States Navy prior to the American entry into World War I. The ship was the first U.S. Navy vessel named in honor of Foxhall A. Parker, Jr., a U.S. Navy officer who served in the American Civil War, and as Superintendent of United States Naval Academy.
USS O'Brien was the lead ship of O'Brien-class destroyers built for the United States Navy prior to the American entry into World War I. The ship was the second US Navy vessel named in honor of Jeremiah O'Brien and his five brothers Gideon, John, William, Dennis, and Joseph who, together on the sloop Unity, captured a British warship during the American Revolutionary War.
USS Nicholson was an O'Brien-class destroyer built for the United States Navy before the American entry into World War I. The ship was the second U.S. Navy vessel named in honor of five members of the Nicholson family who rendered distinguished service in the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and the American Civil War: brothers James, Samuel, and John Nicholson; William Nicholson, son of John; and James W. Nicholson, grandson of Samuel.
USS Cushing was an O'Brien-class destroyer built for the United States Navy prior to the American entry into World War I. The ship was the second U.S. Navy vessel named in honor of William B. Cushing, a U.S. Navy officer best known for sinking the Confederate ironclad warship CSS Albemarle during the American Civil War.
USS Tucker was the lead ship of her class of destroyers built for the United States Navy prior to the American entry into World War I. The ship was the first U.S. Navy vessel named for Samuel Tucker.
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The Benson class was a class of destroyers of the U.S. Navy built 1939–1943. The thirty 1,620-ton Benson-class destroyers were built in two groups. The first six were authorized in fiscal year 1938 (FY38) and laid down at Bethlehem Steel, Quincy, Massachusetts, and three naval shipyards. The remaining 24 "repeat Bensons" were authorized in 1940–42 and built at four Bethlehem Steel yards. They were laid down after the first group was commissioned. These plus the "repeat Livermores" were also known at the time as the Bristol class. During World War II the Bensons were usually combined with the Livermores as the Benson-Livermore class; this persisted in references until at least the 1960s. In some references both classes are combined and called the Benson class. The Benson- and Gleaves-class destroyers were the backbone of the pre-war Neutrality Patrols and brought the action to the enemy by participating in every major campaign of the war.
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The Farragut-class destroyers were a class of eight 1,365-ton destroyers in the United States Navy and the first US destroyers of post-World War I design. Their construction, along with the Porter class, was authorized by Congress on 29 April 1916, but funding was delayed considerably. Limited to 1,500 tons standard displacement by the provisions of the London Naval Treaty of 1930, the ships were laid down beginning in 1932 and were completed by 1935. After 12 years since the last of the previous class of American destroyers was commissioned, the Farraguts were commissioned in 1934 and 1935.