Clemson class Destroyers - Allied Warships of WWII (2024)

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Clemson class Destroyers - Allied Warships of WWII (1)
The destroyer USS Stewart (i) (DD 224) of the US Navy. She was lost on 2 Mar 1942.

Technical information

TypeDestroyer
Displacement1215/1308 BRT
Length314 feet
Complement122 men
Armament4 4inch guns
12 21inch torpedo tubes
AA guns
Max speed35 knots
EnginesSteam boilers or turbines
Power26000
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:
Sampson -Caldwell -Wickes -Clemson -Farragut -Porter -Mahan -Gridley -Bagley -Somers -Benham -Sims -Benson / Gleaves -Fletcher -Allen M. Sumner -Gearing


All ships of the Clemson class


Clemson class Destroyers - Allied Warships of WWII (2) US Navy (more on US Navy)

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))
Clemson class Destroyers - Allied Warships of WWII (3) 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)
Clemson class Destroyers - Allied Warships of WWII (4) 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)
Clemson class Destroyers - Allied Warships of WWII (5) 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))
Clemson class Destroyers - Allied Warships of WWII (6) 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))
Clemson class Destroyers - Allied Warships of WWII (7) USS Bainbridge (DD 246)
USS Borie (i) (DD 215) Lost on 2 Nov 1943
USS Edsall (i) (DD 219) Lost on 1 Mar 1942
Clemson class Destroyers - Allied Warships of WWII (8) USS Peary (DD 226) Lost on 19 Feb 1942
USS Pillsbury (i) (DD 227) Lost on 1 Mar 1942
Clemson class Destroyers - Allied Warships of WWII (9) USS Pope (i) (DD 225) Lost on 1 Mar 1942
Clemson class Destroyers - Allied Warships of WWII (10) USS Reuben James (i) (DD 245) Lost on 31 Oct 1941
Clemson class Destroyers - Allied Warships of WWII (11) USS Stewart (i) (DD 224) Lost on 2 Mar 1942
Clemson class Destroyers - Allied Warships of WWII (12) USS Swasey (DD 273) (to Britain as HMS Rockingham (G 58))
USS Truxtun (DD 229) Lost on 18 Feb 1942

Destroyer minelayer


Clemson class Destroyers - Allied Warships of WWII (13) US Navy (more on US Navy)

USS Preble (DM 20)
USS Pruitt (DM 22)
USS Sicard (DM 21)
USS Tracy (DM 19)

High speed minesweeper


Clemson class Destroyers - Allied Warships of WWII (14) US Navy (more on US Navy)

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)
Clemson class Destroyers - Allied Warships of WWII (15) USS Zane (DMS 14)
Clemson class Destroyers - Allied Warships of WWII (16) USS Perry (i) (DMS 17) Lost on 13 Sep 1944
USS Wasmuth (DMS 15) Lost on 29 Dec 1942

Sea plane tender


Clemson class Destroyers - Allied Warships of WWII (17) US Navy (more on US Navy)

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)
Clemson class Destroyers - Allied Warships of WWII (18) USS Greene (AVD 13)
USS McFarland (AVD 14)
USS Osmond Ingram (AVD 9)
USS Thornton (AVD 11)
USS Hulbert (AVD 6)
Clemson class Destroyers - Allied Warships of WWII (19) USS William B. Preston (AVD 7)
USS Williamson (AVD 2)

Sonar test ship


Clemson class Destroyers - Allied Warships of WWII (20) US Navy (more on US Navy)

USS Semmes (AG 24)


88 Destroyers of the Clemson class.14 of them were lost.

See all Destroyer classes.


Clemson class ships hit by U-boats (1)

31 Oct 1941USS Reuben James (i)SunkU-552

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Clemson class Destroyers - Allied Warships of WWII (21) World War II American Destroyer Seaplane Tenders, Clemson Hull Conversions AVD-1 through AVD-14, Borchers, Duane D., Sr.,


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