| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Clemson |
| Pennant | DD 240 |
| Built by | New York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 23 Nov 1918 |
| Launched | 29 Jul 1919 |
| Commissioned | 21 Sep 1920 |
| Lost | 26 Apr 1942 |
| History | Decommissioned 30 January 1931 |
Commands listed for USS Sturtevant (i) (DD 240)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | Albert Edmondson Jarrell, USN | 26 Sep 1939 | 27 Nov 1940 |
| 2 | Lt.Cdr. William Stamps Howard, Jr., USN | 27 Nov 1940 | 27 Jan 1941 |
| 3 | Edwin Elmer Lord, 3rd, USN | 27 Jan 1941 | 26 Feb 1941 |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. William Stamps Howard, Jr., USN | 26 Feb 1941 | 9 Dec 1941 |
| 5 | Claude Lee Weigle, USN | 9 Dec 1941 | 26 Apr 1942 |
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Notable events involving Sturtevant (i) include:
6 Apr 1942
USS Sturtevant picks up 38 survivors from the American tanker Catahoula that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by German U-boat U-154 off the northwest coast of the Dominican Republic in position 19°16'N, 68°12'W.
USS Sturtevant also picks up 39 survivors from the American tanker Comol Rico that was torpedoed and sunk the previous day by German U-boat U-154 225 nautical miles north of San Juan, Puerto Rico in position 20°46'N, 66°46'W.
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