Allied Warships

Destroyers

Clemson class

88 ships

The Clemson class destroyer USS Stewart (i). She was lost on 2 Mar 1942.

Technical information

Type	Destroyer
Displacement	1215/1308 BRT
Length	314 feet
Complement	122 men
Armament	4 4inch guns 12 21inch torpedo tubes AA guns
Max speed	35 knots
Engines	Steam boilers or turbines
Power	26000
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:

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))
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)
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 12 Sep 1944)
USS Overton (DD 239)
USS Parrott (DD 218)
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))
USS Simpson (DD 221)
USS Sturtevant (i) (DD 240) (lost 26 Apr 1942)
USS Swasey (DD 273) (to Britain as HMS Rockingham (G 58))
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))
USS Bainbridge (DD 246)
USS Borie (i) (DD 215) (lost 2 Nov 1943)
USS Edsall (i) (DD 219) (lost 1 Mar 1942)
USS Peary (DD 226) (lost 19 Feb 1942)
USS Pillsbury (i) (DD 227) (lost 1 Mar 1942)
USS Pope (i) (DD 225) (lost 1 Mar 1942)
USS Reuben James (i) (DD 245) (lost 31 Oct 1941)
USS Stewart (i) (DD 224) (lost 2 Mar 1942)
USS Truxtun (DD 229) (lost 18 Feb 1942)

Destroyer minelayer

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

US Navy (more on US Navy)

USS Chandler (DMS 9)
USS Hopkins (DMS 13)
USS Hovey (DMS 11) (lost 6 Jan 1945)
USS Long (DMS 12) (lost 6 Jan 1945)
USS Perry (i) (DMS 17) (lost 13 Sep 1944)
USS Southard (DMS 10)
USS Trever (DMS 16)
USS Wasmuth (DMS 15) (lost 29 Dec 1942)
USS Zane (DMS 14)