Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Clemson |
Pennant | AVD 4 |
Mod | Sea plane tender |
Built by | Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. (Newport News, Virginia, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 11 May 1918 |
Launched | 5 Sep 1918 |
Commissioned | 29 Dec 1919 |
End service | 12 Oct 1945 |
History | Decommissioned on 30 June 1922 |
Commands listed for USS Clemson (AVD 4)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. John Perry Whitney, USN | 12 Jul 1940 | 28 Feb 1942 |
2 | T/Lt.Cdr. William Mason Walsh, USN | 28 Feb 1942 | 3 Mar 1942 |
3 | Cdr. John Perry Whitney, USN | 3 Mar 1942 | 22 Apr 1942 (1) |
4 | T/Lt.Cdr. William Mason Walsh, USN | 22 Apr 1942 | 9 Feb 1943 |
5 | T/Cdr. Evan White Yancey, USN | 9 Feb 1943 | 3 Sep 1943 |
6 | William Francis Moran, USNR | 3 Sep 1943 | 4 Mar 1945 |
7 | Arthur H. Hardy, Jr., USNR | 4 Mar 1945 | 21 Sep 1945 |
8 | James Howard Robertson, USNR | 21 Sep 1945 | 12 Oct 1945 |
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Notable events involving Clemson include:
13 Dec 1943
German U-boat U-172 was sunk on 13 December 1943 in the mid-Atlantic after a 27 hour fight west of the Canary Islands, in position 26°29'N, 29°58'W, by depth charges and Fido homing torpedoes from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-19) of the American escort carrier USS Bogue and by some 200 depth charges from the US destroyers USS George E. Badger, USS Clemson, USS Osmond Ingram and USS Du Pont.
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