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CLEMSON CLASS DESTROYER
The Clemson class was a series of 156 destroyers which
served with the United States Navy from after World War
I through World War II. They were commissioned from 1919
to 1922. Until the Fletcher-class, the Clemsons were the
most numerous class of destroyers commissioned in the
United States Navy and were known colloquially as
"flush-deckers”, "four-stackers" or "four-pipers".
Many Clemson class destroyers never saw wartime service,
as a significant number were decommissioned in 1930 and
scrapped as part of the London Naval Treaty. In 1937
four Clemson class were converted to destroyer
minelayers. Nineteen were transferred to the Royal
Navy in 1940 where they became part of the Town class.
Others were upgraded or converted to high-speed
transports, high-speed minesweepers, destroyer
minelayers, or seaplane tenders and served through World
War II.
Most ships remaining in service during World War II were
rearmed with dual-purpose 3-inch/50 caliber guns to
provide better anti-aircraft protection. The AVD seaplane
tender conversions received two guns; the APD high-speed
transport, DM minelayer, and DMS minesweeper conversions
received three guns, and those retaining destroyer
classification received six. Their original
low-angle 4-inch/50 caliber guns (Mark 9) were
transferred to Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships for
anti-submarine protection. For the ships converted to
minesweepers, the twelve 21-inch torpedo tubes were
replaced by minesweeping gear.
USS Stewart was scuttled at Soerabaja on 2 March 1942,
following the surrender of the Dutch East Indies to the
Japanese. She was raised, repaired and recommissioned
as Japanese patrol boat PB-102 by the Imperial Japanese
Navy. PB-102 was surrendered to the US Navy following
the end of World War II. In addition, 17 Clemson-class
destroyers were lost during the war.
Fourteen
Clemson ships were involved in the Honda Point Disaster
in 1923, of which seven were lost. The Honda Point
disaster was the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy
ships. On the evening of September 8, 1923, seven
destroyers, while traveling at 20 knots, ran aground at
Honda Point, a few miles from the northern side of the
Santa Barbara Channel on the coast in Santa Barbara
County, California. Twenty-three sailors died in the
disaster.
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Learn more about the
Clemson class destroyer
here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemson-class_destroyer
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