| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Wickes |
| Pennant | DD 140 |
| Built by | Mare Island Navy Yard (Vallejo, California, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 25 Apr 1918 |
| Launched | 14 Jan 1919 |
| Commissioned | 15 Sep 1919 |
| End service | 5 Dec 1940 |
| History | Decommissioned on 18 June 1922 |
| Career notes | to Britain as HMS Salisbury (I 52) |
Commands listed for USS Claxton (i) (DD 140)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. William Cyprian Cross, USN | 9 Jul 1938 | 8 Sep 1940 |
| 2 | Lt. John Keane Reybold, USN | 8 Sep 1940 | 1 Oct 1940 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Thomas Edward Fraser, USN | 1 Oct 1940 | 26 Nov 1940 |
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