| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Class | Clemson |
| Pennant | AVD 2 |
| Mod | Sea plane tender |
| Built by | New York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 27 Mar 1919 |
| Launched | 16 Oct 1919 |
| Commissioned | 29 Oct 1920 |
| End service | 8 Nov 1945 |
| History | In June 1938 she was converted into light seaplane-tender and re-designated as AVP-15 on 1 July 1938. on 2 August 1940 she was reclassified AVD-2 (Mixed escort and seaplane-tender duties), and on 1 December 1943 she was reclassified back to DD-244. She served in various escort duties, and was part of the destroyer-screen off Okinawa in 1945. Decommissioned on 8 November 1945, stricken on 19 December 1945 and sold for scrap on 30 October 1946. USS Williamson was awarded 4 Battle Stars for her services during World War 2. |
Commands listed for USS Williamson (AVD 2)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | John Perry, USN | 10 Oct 1938 | 31 Oct 1939 (1) |
| 2 | Herbert Edward Regan, USN | 31 Oct 1939 | 20 Jan 1941 |
| 3 | Lt.Cdr. Frederick Norman Kivette, USN | 20 Jan 1941 | 10 Aug 1942 (1) |
| 4 | Lt.Cdr. Evan Edwards Fickling, USN | 10 Aug 1942 | 14 Nov 1942 |
| 5 | T/Cdr. George Bernard Madden, USN | 14 Nov 1942 | 15 Apr 1943 |
| 6 | James Arthur Pridmore, USN | 15 Apr 1943 | 1 Sep 1944 |
| 7 | William Huntington Ayer, USN | 1 Sep 1944 | 8 Nov 1945 |
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