Naval Historical Center #NH 97969
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Tonnage |
1190 tons standard displacement |
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Dimensions |
314'5" by 31'8" by 9'9" 95.83m by 9.65m by 7.62m |
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Maximum speed |
35 knots |
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Complement |
150 |
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Armament |
4 4"/50
guns 1 3"/23 AA gun 12 21" torpedoes Depth charges |
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Bunkerage |
375 tons fuel oil |
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Range |
4900 nautical miles (9100 km) at 15 knots 2500 nautical miles (4600 km) at 20 knots |
The Clemsons were the second of two major groups of “flush-deck” destroyers build by the United States during World War I. Also known as “four-stackers,” these ships were already obsolescent when they joined the fleet in 1918-1920. Nevertheless, so desperate were the Allies for destroyers early in the Pacific War that these elderly ships remained a significant part of their destroyer flotillas. Many were converted to fast minesweepers and minelayers by removing their torpedo armament to make room for mine warfare equipment.
| Balikpapan | ||
| Balikpapan | Sunk by Hirishima and Kongo off Christmas Island 1942-3-1 | |
| Balikpapan | ||
| Balikpapan | ||
| Cavite | ||
| Cavite | Sunk
by dive bombers at Darwin
on 1942-19-2 |
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| Cavite | Sunk by aircraft south of Borneo on 1942-3-1 | |
| Dutch Harbor | ||
| Mare Island | ||
| Mare Island | ||
| 50 miles NW of Oahu | ||
| Puget Sound | ||
| San Diego | ||
| San Diego | ||
| San Diego | ||
| Seattle | ||
| Tarakan | ||
|
Bulmer |
Tarakan | |
| Tarakan | ||
| Tarakan | ||
| Tarakan | Sunk off the Netherlands East Indies 42-3 | |
| arrived 1/42 |
Destroyer-minecraft conversions
| Pearl Harbor | |
| Pearl Harbor |
Destroyer-minesweeper conversions
| Johnston Island | ||
| Johnston Island | ||
| Johnston Island | ||
| 20 mi south of Pearl Harbor | ||
| Pearl Harbor | ||
| Pearl Harbor | Mined
1944-9-13 in Palaus |
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| Pearl Harbor | ||
| Pearl Harbor | ||
| Pearl Harbor | ||
| Pearl Harbor | ||
| Pearl Harbor |
Fast transport conversions
| arrived 1943-10-23 |
Lost in collision 1944-9-12 |
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| arrived 1943-10-29 | ||
| arrived 1944-4-17 | ||
| arrived 1944-5 | ||
| arrived 1944-6-1 | ||
| arrived 1945-2-5 | ||
| arrived 1945-3 |
Destroyer-seaplane tender conversions
| Batavia | ||
| Malalag Bay, Davao | ||
| Maui | ||
| Pearl Harbor | ||
| Pearl Harbor | Damaged in collision 1945-5-5
off Okinawa and ruled not worth
repairing |
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| Puget Sound | ||
| Gillis |
Sitka |
Equipped with radar by 1942-6 |
References
The Pacific War Online Encyclopedia (c) 2007-2008 by Kent G. Budge. Index
