| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Clemson |
| Pennant | AVD 4 |
| Built by | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 11 May 1918 |
| Launched | 5 Sep 1918 |
| Commissioned | 29 Dec 1919 |
| End service | 12 Oct 1945 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned on 30 June 1922 Reclassified as sea plane tender AVP-17 on 15 November 1939 Recommissioned on 12 July 1940 Classification changed to AVD-4 on 24 August 1940 Converted back into a destroyer during March-May 1943. Reclassified back to DD-186 on 1 December 1943 Converted to High Speed Transport and reclassified APD-31 on 1 May 1944 Reclassified back to Destroyer DD-186 on 16 July 1945 Decommissioned on 12 October 1945 Stricken on 24 October 1945 Sold to be broken up for scrap on 21 November 1946 |
Commands listed for USS Clemson (AVD 4)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Lt.Cdr. John Perry Whitney, USN | 1940 | ??? |
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Noteable events involving Clemson include:
13 Dec 1943
The German submarine U-172 was sunk on 13 December 1943 in the mid-Atlantic after a 27 hour fight west of the Canary Islands, in position 26º29'N, 29º58'W, by depth charges and Fido homing torpedoes from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-19) of the American escort carrier USS Bogue and by some 200 depth charges from the US destroyers USS George E. Badger, USS Clemson, USS Osmond Ingram and USS Du Pont. (see map)
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