USS Clemson (DD-186)
| Career (US) | |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Henry A. Clemson |
| Builder: | Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company |
| Laid down: | 11 May 1918 |
| Launched: | 5 September 1918 |
| Commissioned: | 29 December 1919 |
| Decommissioned: | 12 October 1945 |
| Struck: | 24 October 1945 |
| Fate: | sold 21 November 1946 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Clemson class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 1,215 tons |
| Length: | 314 ft 5 in (95.8 m) |
| Beam: | 31 ft 9 in (9.7 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 10 in (3.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | 26,500 SHP (20 MW), geared turbines, 2 screws |
| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,900 nmi (9,100 km) @ 15 kt |
| Boats & landing craft carried: |
4 LCP landing craft |
| Complement: | 101 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | 4 × 4 in/50 (102 mm), 3 × 3 in/23 (76 mm), 12 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes. |
USS Clemson (DD-186/AVP-17/AVD-4/DD-186/APD-31) was the lead ship of her class of destroyers which served in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Midshipman Henry A. Clemson (1820–1846), lost at sea when the brig USS Somers capsized in a sudden squall off Vera Cruz on 8 December 1846 while chasing a blockade runner.
She is the only ship in the United States Navy to have received the name Clemson.
Clemson was launched 5 September 1918 by Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia; sponsored by Miss M. C. Daniels; and commissioned 29 December 1919, Lieutenant Commander G. C. Dichman in command.
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