USS Abel P. Upshur (DD 193)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Clemson
Pennant	DD 193
Built by	Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.)
Ordered
Laid down	20 Aug 1918
Launched	14 Feb 1920
Commissioned	23 Nov 1920
End service	9 Sep 1940
History	Decommissioned on 7 August 1922 On 5 November 1930 the ship was loaned to the US Coast guard as USCGC CG-15 and was returned the the USN on 21 May 1934 Recommissioned on 4 December 1939, she was transferred to the Royal Navy on 9 September 1940.
Career notes	to Britain as HMS Clare (I 14)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. Francis Marion Peters, Jr., USN	4 Dec 1939	31 Dec 1939
2	Lt.Cdr. John Cheshire Daniel, USN	31 Dec 1939	9 Sep 1940

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