Clemson

Clemson-class destroyers we're built for the United States Navy during the years of 1918 to 1922 as an answer to the submarine threat learned in WWI. A total of 156 were built.

Clemson-class destroyers served between the years of 1919 to 1948.

Preceded by: Wickes-class destroyer

Succeeded by: Farragut-class destroyer

In 1937 four Clemson class were converted to destroyer minelayers, and nineteen were transferred to the Royal Navy in 1940 as part of the 'Destroyers for Bases Agreement' 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. USS Stewart was scuttled at Soerabaja after the fall of the Dutch East Indies, only to be raised by the IJN and recommissioned as Japanese patrol boat PB-102.