List of Clemson-class destroyers

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The following is a list of Clemson-class destroyers.

Ships in class[edit]

The following 156 vessels were built as part of the Clemson-class destroyer line (a further 6 vessels, DD-200 to DD-205 authorized on 6 October 1917, were cancelled on 3 February 1919 without being named). The ships were authorized in the following batches:

  1. Hull numbers DD-186–DD-199: authorized 6 October 1917 (contract for 20 ships awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding, but last 6 cancelled)[1]
  2. Hull numbers DD-206–DD-230: authorized 6 October 1917 (contract for 25 ships awarded to William Cramp and Sons)[1]
  3. Hull numbers DD-231–DD-250: authorized 6 October 1917 (contract for 20 ships awarded to New York Shipbuilding)[1]
  4. Hull numbers DD-251–DD-295: authorized 6 October 1917 (contract for 10 ships awarded to Bethlehem, Quincy; and for 35 ships to Bethlehem, Squantum)[1]
  5. Hull numbers DD-296–DD-335: authorized 6 October 1917 (contract for 40 ships awarded to Union Iron Works)[1]
  6. Hull numbers DD-336–DD-344: authorized 4 March 1917 (contract for 6 ships awarded to Mare Island Navy Yard; and for 3 ships to Norfolk Navy Yard)[1]
  7. Hull numbers DD-345–DD-347: authorized 26 April 1917 (contract for 3 ships awarded to Bath Iron Works)[1]

Hull numbers did not exist until 17 July 1920. Prior to the adoption of hull numbers these ships would have been referred to as Destroyer No. ###.

Construction data
Ship name Hull no. Builder Keel laid Commissioned Decommissioned Fate Service notes
Clemson[1][2][3][4][5] DD-186 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 11 May 1918 29 December 1919

12 July 1940

30 June 1922

12 October 1945

Sold for scrap 21 November 1946 Reclassified AVP-17 (15 November 1939), AVD-4 (6 August 1940), DD-186 (1 December 1943), APD-31 (7 March 1944), DD-186 (17 July 1945)
Dahlgren[1][3][4][5][2] DD-187 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 8 June 1918 6 January 1920

25 October 1932

30 June 1922

14 December 1945

Sold for scrap 17 June 1946 Reclassified AG-91 (1 March 1945)
Goldsborough[1][3][4][5][6] DD-188 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 8 June 1918 26 January 1920

1 July 1940

14 July 1922

11 October 1945

Sold for scrap 21 November 1946 Reclassified AVP-18 (15 November 1939), AVD-5 (2 August 1940), DD-188 (1 December 1943), APD-32 (7 March 1944), DD-188 (10 July 1945)
Semmes[1][3][4][5][7] DD-189 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 10 July 1918 21 February 1920

20 April 1934

17 July 1922

2 June 1946

Sold for scrap 25 November 1946 Commissioned into Coast Guard as CG-20 (25 April 1932-20 April 1934), Reclassified AG-24 (1 July 1935)
Satterlee[1][3][4][5][7] DD-190 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 10 July 1918 23 December 1919

18 December 1939

11 July 1922

8 October 1940

Sunk 31 January 1942 Transferred to Royal Navy as HMS Belmont (8 October 1940), Torpedoed by U-82
Mason[1][3][4][5][8] DD-191 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 10 July 1918 28 February 1920
4 December 1939 		31 March 1922
8 October 1940 		Sunk 18 October 1941 Transferred to Royal Navy as HMS Broadwater, (8 October 1940), Torpedoed by U-101Lt. John Stanley Parker, RNVR was the first American killed in action whilst serving with the Royal Navy.
Graham[1][3][4][5][9] DD-192 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 7 September 1918 13 March 1920 31 March 1922 Sold for scrap 19 September 1922
Abel P. Upshur[1][3][4][5] DD-193 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 20 August 1918 23 December 1920

4 December 1939

7 August 1922

9 September 1940

Sold for scrap by RN 1947 Commissioned into Coast Guard as CG-15 (5 November 1930-21 May 1934), Transferred to Royal Navy as HMS Clare (9 September 1940)
Hunt[1][3][4][5][6] DD-194 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 20 August 1918 30 September 1920

December 1939

11 August 1922

8 October 1940

Sold for scrap by RN 1947 Commissioned into Coast Guard as CG-18 (13 September 1930-28 May 1934), Transferred to Royal Navy as HMS Broadway (8 October 1940)
Welborn C. Wood[1][3][4][5][10] DD-195 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 24 September 1918 14 January 1921

4 September 1939

8 August 1922

9 September 1940

Sold for scrap by RN 1947 Commissioned into Coast Guard as CG-19 (1 October 1930-21 May 1934), Transferred to Royal Navy as HMS Chesterfield (9 September 1940)
George E. Badger[1][3][4][5][6] DD-196 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 24 September 1918 28 July 1920

8 January 1940

11 August 1922

3 October 1945

Sold for scrap 3 June 1946 Commissioned into Coast Guard as CG-16 (1 October 1930-21 May 1934), Reclassified AVP-16 (1 October 1939), AVD-3 (2 August 1940), APD-33 (19 May 1944), DD-196 (20 July 1945)
Branch[1][3][4][5] DD-197 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 25 October 1918 26 July 1920

4 December 1939

11 August 1922

8 October 1940

Sunk 9 April 1943 Transferred to Royal Navy as HMS Beverley (8 October 1940), Torpedoed by U-188
Herndon[1][3][4][5][6] DD-198 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 25 November 1918 14 September 1920

4 December 1939

6 June 1922

9 September 1940

Sunk 16 January 1945 Commissioned into Coast Guard as CG-17 (13 September 1931-28 May 1934), Transferred to Royal Navy as HMS Churchill (9 September 1940), Transferred to Soviet Union as Deyatelnyi (16 July 1944), Torpedoed by U-956
Dallas[1][3][4][5][2] DD-199 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 25 November 1918 29 October 1920

14 April 1925

25 September 1939

26 June 1922

23 March 1939

28 July 1945

Sold for scrap 30 November 1945 Renamed Alexander Dallas (31 March 1945)
Unnamed[1][3] DD-200 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Never Never Never Cancelled 3 February 1919 Construction never started
Unnamed[1][3] DD-201 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Never Never Never Cancelled 3 February 1919 Construction never started
Unnamed[1][3] DD-202 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Never Never Never Cancelled 3 February 1919 Construction never started
Unnamed[1][3] DD-203 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Never Never Never Cancelled 3 February 1919 Construction never started
Unnamed[1][3] DD-204 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Never Never Never Cancelled 3 February 1919 Construction never started
Unnamed[1][3] DD-205 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company Never Never Never Cancelled 3 February 1919 Construction never started
Chandler[1][3][4][5][2] DD-206 William Cramp & Sons 19 August 1918 5 September 1919

31 March 1930

20 October 1922

21 November 1945

Sold for scrap 18 November 1946 Reclassified DMS-9 (19 November 1940), AG-108 (5 June 1945)
Southard[1][3][4][5][7] DD-207 William Cramp & Sons 18 August 1918 24 September 1919

6 January 1930

7 February 1922

5 December 1945

Wrecked 9 October 1945 Reclassified DMS-10 (19 October 1940), Driven aground by Typhoon Louise, Wreck blown up 14 January 1946
Hovey[1][3][4][5][6] DD-208 William Cramp & Sons 7 September 1918 2 October 1919

20 February 1930

1 February 1923

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Sunk 7 January 1945 Reclassified DMS-11 (19 November 1940), Torpedoed by IJN aircraft
Long[1][3][4][5][8] DD-209 William Cramp & Sons 23 September 1918 20 October 1919

29 March 1930

30 December 1922

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Sunk 6 January 1945 Reclassified DMS-12 (19 November 1940), Hit by2 kamikazes
Broome[1][3][4][5] DD-210 William Cramp & Sons 8 October 1918 31 October 1919

5 February 1930

30 December 1922

20 May 1946

Sold for scrap 20 November 1946 Reclassified AG-96 (23 May 1945)
Alden[1][3][4][5] DD-211 William Cramp & Sons 24 October 1918 24 November 1919

8 May 1930

24 January 1923

15 July 1945

Sold for scrap 30 November 1945
Smith Thompson[1][3][4][5][7] DD-212 William Cramp & Sons 14 August 1918 16 August 1919 15 May 1936 Scuttled 25 July 1936 Rammed amidships 14 April 1936 by Whipple (DD-217), Inspection showed the ship not worth repairing
Barker[1][3][4][5] DD-213 William Cramp & Sons 30 April 1919 27 December 1919 18 July 1945 Sold for scrap 30 November 1945
Tracy[1][3][4][5][11] DD-214 William Cramp & Sons 30 April 1919 9 March 1920 19 January 1946 Sold for Scrap 16 May 1946 Reclassified DM-19 (30 June 1937)
Borie[1][3][4][5] DD-215 William Cramp & Sons 30 April 1919 24 March 1920 ----- Scuttled 2 November 1943 Badly damaged in an engagement with U-405 (1 November 1943)
John D. Edwards[1][3][4][5][6] DD-216 William Cramp & Sons 21 May 1919 6 April 1920 28 July 1945 Sold for scrap 30 November 1945
Whipple[1][3][4][5][10] DD-217 William Cramp & Sons 12 June 1919 23 April 1920 9 November 1945 Sold for scrap 30 September 1947 Reclassified AG-117 (6 June 1945)
Parrott[1][3][4][5][12] DD-218 William Cramp & Sons 23 July 1919 11 May 1920 14 June 1944 Sold for scrap 5 April 1947 Rammed 2 May 1944 by SS John Morton, Inspection showed the ship not worth repairing
Edsall[1][3][4][5][2] DD-219 William Cramp & Sons 15 September 1919 26 November 1920 ----- Sunk 1 March 1942 Sunk by combined IJN air and surface attack
MacLeish[1][3][4][5][8] DD-220 William Cramp & Sons 19 August 1919 2 August 1920

25 September 1939

11 March 1938

8 March 1946

Sold for scrap 18 December 1946 Reclassified AG-87 (5 January 1945)
Simpson[1][3][4][5][7] DD-221 William Cramp & Sons 9 October 1919 3 November 1920 29 March 1946 Sold for scrap 21 November 1946 Reclassified APD-27 (Cancelled January 1944), AG-97 (23 May 1945)
Bulmer[1][3][4][5] DD-222 William Cramp & Sons 11 August 1919 16 August 1920 16 August 1946 Sold for scrap 19 February 1947 Reclassified AG-86 (1 December 1944)
McCormick[1][3][4][5][8] DD-223 William Cramp & Sons 11 August 1919 30 August 1920 4 October 1945 Sold for scrap 15 December 1946 Reclassified AG-118 (30 June 1945)
Stewart[1][3][4][5][7] DD-224 William Cramp & Sons 9 September 1919 15 September 1920

29 October 1945

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23 May 1946

Sunk as target 24 May 1946 Damaged in the Battle of Badung Strait (19/20 February 1942), Entered the floating drydock at Surabaya on 22 February 1942, she was inadequately supported and as the dock rose the ship fell off the keel blocks onto her side in 12 feet (3.7 m) of water, bending her propeller shafts and causing further hull damage, subsequently, demolition charges were set off within the ship, a Japanese bomb hit amidships further damaged her, before the port was evacuated on 2 March 1942 and the drydock containing her was scuttled, Raised by IJN February 1943, Commissioned 20 September 1943 as Patrol Boat No. 102, Recovered by USN August 1945, “named” DD-224i
Pope[1][3][4][5][12] DD-225 William Cramp & Sons 9 September 1919 27 October 1920 ----- Sunk 1 March 1942 Sunk by combined IJN air and surface attack
Peary[1][3][4][5][12] DD-226 William Cramp & Sons 9 September 1919 22 October 1920 ----- Sunk 19 February 1942 Sunk by IJN air attack
Pillsbury[1][3][4][5][12] DD-227 William Cramp & Sons 23 October 1919 15 December 1920 ----- Sunk 2 March 1942 Sunk by IJN in surface action
Ford[1][3][4][5][2][6] DD-228 William Cramp & Sons 11 November 1919 30 December 1920 2 November 1945 Sold for scrap 5 October 1947 Renamed John D. Ford (17 November 1921), Reclassified AG-119 (July 1945)
Truxtun[1][3][4][5][11] DD-229 William Cramp & Sons 3 December 1919 16 February 1921 ----- Wrecked 18 February 1942 Ran aground and broke up “in a howling gale” off Newfoundland
Paul Jones[1][3][4][5][12] DD-230 William Cramp & Sons 23 December 1919 19 April 1921 5 November 1945 Sold for scrap 5 October 1947 Reclassified AG-120 (30 June 1945)
Hatfield[1][3][4][5][6] DD-231 New York Shipbuilding 10 June 1918 16 April 1920

1 April 1932

25 September 1939

13 January 1931

28 April 1938

13 December 1946

Sold for scrap 5 October 1947 Reclassified AG-84 (30 June 1945)
Brooks[1][3][4][5] DD-232 New York Shipbuilding 11 June 1918 18 June 1920

18 June 1932

25 April 1939

20 January 1931

2 September 1938

2 August 1945

Sold for scrap 30 January 1946 Reclassified APD-10 (1 December 1942)
Gilmer[1][3][4][5][6] DD-233 New York Shipbuilding 25 June 1918 30 April 1920

25 September 1939

31 August 1938

5 February 1946

Sold for scrap 3 December 1946 Reclassified APD-11 (22 January 1943)
Fox[1][3][4][5][2] DD-234 New York Shipbuilding 25 June 1918 17 May 1920

1 April 1932

25 September 1939

2 February 1931

16 September 1938

29 November 1945

Sold for scrap 12 November 1946 Reclassified AG-85 (1 October 1944)
Kane[1][3][4][5][6] DD-235 New York Shipbuilding 3 July 1918 11 June 1920

1 April 1932

23 September 1939

31 December 1930

28 April 1938

24 January 1946

Sold for scrap 21 June 1946 Reclassified APD-18 (25 March 1943)
Humphreys[1][3][4][5][6] DD-236 New York Shipbuilding 31 July 1918 21 July 1920 26 October 1945 Sold for scrap 26 August 1946
McFarland[1][3][4][5][8] DD-237 New York Shipbuilding 31 July 1918 30 September 1920 8 November 1945 Sold for scrap 29 October 1946 Reclassified AVD-14 (2 August 1940), DD-237 (1 December 1943)
James K. Paulding[1][3][4][5][6] DD-238 New York Shipbuilding 31 July 1918 29 November 1920 10 February 1931 Sold for scrap 16 March 1939
Overton[1][3][4][5][12] DD-239 New York Shipbuilding 30 October 1918 30 June 1920

1932

26 September 1939

3 February 1931

20 November 1937

30 July 1945

Sold for scrap 30 November 1945 Reclassified APD-23 (21 August 1943)
Sturtevant[1][3][4][5][7] DD-240 New York Shipbuilding 23 November 1918 24 September 1920 ----- Sunk 26 April 1942 Struck 3 mines when passing through an American-laid minefield the existence the crew had no knowledge
Childs[1][3][4][5][2] DD-241 New York Shipbuilding 19 March 1919 22 October 1920 10 December 1945 Sold for scrap 23 May 1946 Reclassified AVP-14 (1 July 1938), AVD-1 (1 October 1940)
King[1][3][4][5][6] DD-242 New York Shipbuilding 28 April 1919 16 December 1920 23 October 1945 Sold for scrap 29 September 1946
Sands[1][3][4][5][7] DD-243 New York Shipbuilding 22 March 1919 10 November 1920 10 October 1945 Sold for scrap 23 May 1946 Reclassified APD-13 (30 October 1942)
Williamson[1][3][4][5][10] DD-244 New York Shipbuilding 27 March 1919 29 October 1920 8 November 1945 Sold for scrap 30 October 1946 Reclassified AVP-15 (1 July 1938), AVD-2 (2 August 1940), DD-244 (1 December 1943), APD-27 (Cancelled 10 July 1944)
Reuben James[1][3][4][5][7] DD-245 New York Shipbuilding 2 April 1919 24 September 1920 ----- Sunk 31 October 1941 Torpedoed by U-552, Second American naval casualty of World War II
Bainbridge[1][3][4][5] DD-246 New York Shipbuilding 26 May 1919 9 February 1921 21 July 1945 Sold for scrap 30 November 1945
Goff[1][3][4][5][6] DD-247 New York Shipbuilding 16 June 1919 19 June 1921 21 July 1945 Sold for scrap 30 November 1945
Barry[1][3][4][5] DD-248 New York Shipbuilding 26 July 1919 28 December 1920 21 June 1945 Sunk 22 June 1945 Reclassified APD-29 (15 January 1944), Hit by kamikaze on 25 May 1945, Inspection showed the ship not worth repairing, Hit by kamikaze on 21 June 1945 while under tow
Hopkins[1][3][4][5][6] DD-249 New York Shipbuilding 30 July 1919 21 March 1921 21 December 1945 Sold for scrap 8 November 1946 Most decorated Clemson-class earning two Navy Unit Commendations and 10 battle stars
Lawrence[1][3][4][5][8] DD-250 New York Shipbuilding 14 August 1919 18 April 1921 24 October 1945 Sold for scrap 1 October 1946
Belknap[1][3][4][5] DD-251 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy 3 September 1918 28 April 1919 4 August 1945 Sold for scrap 30 November 1945 Reclassified AVD-8 (2 August 1940), DD-251 (14 November 1943), APD-32 (22 June 1944), Hit by kamikaze on 11 January 1945 and never repaired
McCook[1][3][4][5][8] DD-252 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy 10 September 1918 30 April 1919

18 December 1939

30 June 1922

24 September 1940

Sunk 22 September 1943 Transferred to Royal Navy (24 September 1940) and immediately transferred Royal Canadian Navy as HMCS St. Croix (I81), Hit by 3 torpedoes from U-305 21 September 1943
McCalla[1][3][4][5][8] DD-253 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy 25 September 1918 19 May 1919

18 December 1939

30 June 1922

23 October 1940

Sunk 19 December 1941 Transferred to Royal Navy as HMS Stanley, Torpedoed by U-574
Rodgers[1][3][4][5][7] DD-254 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy 5 October 1918 22 July 1919

18 December 1939

20 July 1922

23 October 1940

Sold for scrap by RN 1945 Transferred to Royal Navy (23 October 1940) as HMS Sherwood
Osmond Ingram[1][3][4][5][12] DD-255 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy 15 October 1918 28 June 1919

22 November 1940

24 June 1922

8 January 1946

Sold for scrap 17 June 1946 Reclassified AVD-9 (2 August 1940), DD-255 (4 November 1943), APD-35 (22 June 1944)
Bancroft[1][3][4][5] DD-256 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy 4 November 1918 30 June 1919

18 December 1939

11 July 1922

24 September 1940

Declared surplus to the RCN 1 April 1945 Transferred to Royal Canadian Navy (24 September 1940) as HMCS St. Francis (I93), collided with a collier on the way to be scrapped and sank 14 July 1945
Welles[1][3][4][5][10] DD-257 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy 18 November 1918 2 September 1919

6 November 1939

15 June 1922

9 September 1940

Scrapped November 1944 Transferred to Royal Navy (9 September 1940) as HMS Cameron, Capsized in dry dock 5 December 1940 after an air raid, salvaged 23 February 1941 and used as a hulk for DC tests by UK & US. Paid off on 5 October 1943
Aulick[1][3][4][5] DD-258 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy 3 December 1918 26 July 1919

18 June 1939

27 May 1922

8 October 1940

Sold for scrap by RN March 1947 Transferred to Royal Navy (8 October 1940) as HMS Burnham
Turner[1][3][4][5][11] DD-259 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy 21 December 1918 24 September 1919

as Moosehead

5 April 1943

7 June 1922

as Moosehead

19 March 1946

Sold for scrap 20 February 1947 28 September 1936 converted to YW-56 and placed in service, Reclassified IX-98 and renamed Moosehead 13 February 1943
Gillis[1][3][4][5][6] DD-260 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy 27 December 1918 3 September 1919

28 June 1940

26 May 1922

15 October 1945

Sold for scrap 29 January 1946 Reclassified AVD-12 (2 August 1940)
Delphy[1][3][4][5][2] DD-261 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 20 April 1918 30 November 1918 26 October 1923 Wrecked 8 September 1923 Ran aground in the Honda Point disaster, sold for scrap 19 October 1925
McDermut[1][3][4][5][8] DD-262 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 20 April 1918 27 March 1919 22 May 1929 Sold for scrap 25 February 1932
Laub[1][3][4][5][8] DD-263 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 20 April 1918 17 March 1919

18 December 1939

15 June 1922

8 October 1940

Sold for scrap by RN March 1947 Transferred to Royal Navy (9 October 1940) as HMS Burwell
McLanahan[1][3][4][5][8] DD-264 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 20 April 1918 5 April 1919

18 December 1939

June 1922

9 October 1940

Sold for scrap by RN 19 June 1946 Transferred to Royal Navy (8 October 1940) as HMS Bradford
Edwards[1][3][4][5][2] DD-265 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 20 April 1918 24 April 1919

18 December 1939

8 June 1922

8 October 1940

Sold for scrap by RCN 21 March 1946 Transferred to Royal Navy (8 October 1940) as HMS Buxton, later transferred to RCN
Greene (ex-Anthony)[1][3][4][5][6] DD-266 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 3 June 1918 9 May 1919

28 June 1940

17 June 1922

23 November 1945

Wrecked 9 October 1945 Reclassified AVD-13 (6 April 1941), APD-36 (1 February 1944), Driven aground by Typhoon Louise, Wreck blown up 11 January 1946
Ballard[1][3][4][5] DD-267 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 3 June 1918 5 June 1919

25 June 1940

17 June 1922

5 December 1945

Sold for scrap 23 May 1946 Reclassified AVD-10 (2 August 1940)
Shubrick[1][3][4][5][7] DD-268 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 3 June 1918 3 July 1919

18 December 1939

8 June 1922

26 November 1940

Sold for scrap by RN 20 March 1945 Transferred to Royal Navy (26 November 1940) as HMS Ripley
Bailey[1][3][4][5] DD-269 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 3 June 1918 27 June 1919

30 September 1939

16 June 1922

26 November 1940

Sold for scrap by RN 24 July 1945 Transferred to Royal Navy (26 November 1940) as HMS Reading
Thornton[1][3][4][5][11] DD-270 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 3 June 1918 15 July 1919

24 June 1940

24 May 1922

2 May 1945

Wrecked 5 April 1945, Beached 2 May 1945 Reclassified AVD-11 (2 August 1940), 5 April 1945 collided with 2 Oilers, Inspection showed the ship not worth repairing, beached & stripped, wreck donated to the government of the Ryukyu Islands July 1957
Morris[1][3][4][5][8] DD-271 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 20 July 1918 21 July 1919 15 June 1922 Sold for scrap 29 September 1936
Tingey[1][3][4][5][11] DD-272 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 8 August 1918 25 July 1919 24 May 1922 Sold for scrap 29 September 1936
Swasey[1][3][4][5][7] DD-273 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 27 August 1918 8 August 1919

18 December 1939

10 June 1922

26 November 1940

Sunk 27 September 1944 Transferred to Royal Navy (26 November 1940) as HMS Rockingham, 27 September 1944 struck a British mine due to poor navigation and foundered under tow
Meade[1][3][4][5][8] DD-274 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 24 September 1918 8 September 1919

18 December 1939

25 May 1922

26 November 1940

Sold for scrap by RN 18 February 1947 Transferred to Royal Navy (26 November 1940) as HMS Ramsey
Sinclair[1][3][4][5][7] DD-275 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 11 October 1918 8 October 1919

27 September 1923

25 May 1920

1 June 1929

Sold for scrap 30 August 1935 Renamed Light Target (IX-37) (22 November 1930), Reverted to original name (24 April 1931) & designation (11 August 1931)
McCawley[1][3][4][5][8] DD-276 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 2 November 1918 22 September 1919 1 April 1930 Sold for scrap 2 September 1931
Moody[1][3][4][5][8] DD-277 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 9 December 1918 10 December 1919

27 September 1923

15 June 1922

2 June 1930

Sold for scrap 10 June 1931 Sold to MGM in for making the film Hell Below, Moody was made up to look like a World War I Austro-Hungarian Navy minelayer and sunk by studio demolitions on 21 February 1933
Henshaw[1][3][4][5][6] DD-278 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 31 December 1918 10 December 1919 11 March 1930 Sold for scrap 14 November 1930
Meyer[1][3][4][5][8] DD-279 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 6 February 1919 17 December 1919 15 May 1929 Sold for scrap 25 February 1932
Doyen[1][3][4][5][2] DD-280 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 24 March 1919 17 December 1919 25 February 1930 Sold for scrap 20 December 1930
Sharkey[1][3][4][5][7] DD-281 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 14 April 1919 28 November 1919 1 May 1930 Sold for scrap 17 January 1931
Toucey[1][3][4][5][11] DD-282 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 26 April 1919 9 December 1919 1 May 1930 Sold for scrap 17 January 1931
Breck[1][3][4][5] DD-283 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 8 May 1919 1 December 1919 1 May 1930 Sold for scrap 17 January 1931
Isherwood[1][3][4][5][6] DD-284 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 24 May 1919 4 December 1919 1 May 1930 Sold for scrap 17 January 1931
Case[1][3][4][5][2] DD-285 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 3 June 1919 8 December 1919 22 October 1930 Sold for scrap 17 January 1931
Lardner[1][3][4][5][8] DD-286 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 14 June 1919 10 December 1919 1 May 1930 Sold for scrap 17 January 1931
Putnam[1][3][4][5][12] DD-287 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 30 June 1919 18 December 1919 21 September 1929 Sold 17 January 1931 Rebuilt as banana boat MV Teapa, chartered by US Army as USAT Teapa in early 1942 in an effort to resupply Corregidor, Returned to former owners 1945, scrapped 1955
Worden[1][3][4][5][10] DD-288 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 30 June 1919 24 February 1920 1 May 1930 Sold 17 January 1931 Rebuilt as banana boat MV Tabasco, wrecked 1932
Flusser[1][3][4][5][2] DD-289 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 21 July 1919 25 February 1920 1 May 1930 Sold for scrap 17 January 1931
Dale[1][3][4][5][2] DD-290 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 29 July 1919 16 February 1920 1 May 1930 Sold 17 January 1931 Rebuilt as banana boat MV Masaya, chartered by US Army as USAT Masaya in early 1942 in an effort to resupply Corregidor, sunk 28 March 1943
Converse[1][3][4][5][2] DD-291 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 13 August 1919 28 April 1920 1 May 1930 Sold for scrap 17 January 1931
Reid[1][3][4][5][7] DD-292 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 9 September 1919 3 December 1919 1 May 1930 Sold for scrap 17 January 1931
Billingsley[1][3][4][5] DD-293 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 8 September 1919 1 March 1920 1 May 1930 Sold for scrap 17 January 1931
Charles Ausburn[1][3][4][5][2] DD-294 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 11 September 1919 23 March 1920 1 May 1930 Sold for scrap 17 January 1931
Osborne[1][3][4][5][12] DD-295 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard 23 September 1919 17 May 1920 1 May 1930 Sold 17 January 1931 Rebuilt as banana boat MV Matagalpa, chartered by US Army as USAT Matagalpa in early 1942 in an effort to resupply Corregidor, burned 27 June 1942 (total loss), scuttled 6 September 1947
Chauncey[1][3][4][5][2] DD-296 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 17 June 1918 25 June 1919 26 October 1923 Wrecked 8 September 1923 Ran aground in the Honda Point disaster, sold for scrap 19 October 1925
Fuller[1][3][4][5][2] DD-297 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 4 July 1918 28 February 1920 26 October 1923 Wrecked 8 September 1923 Ran aground in the Honda Point disaster, sold for scrap 19 October 1925
Percival[1][3][4][5][12] DD-298 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 4 July 1918 31 March 1920 26 April 1930 Sold for scrap 19 March 1931
John Francis Burnes (ex-Swasey)[1][3][4][5][7][6] DD-299 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 4 July 1918 1 May 1920 25 February 1930 Sold for scrap 10 June 1931
Farragut[1][3][4][5][2] DD-300 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 4 July 1918 4 June 1920 1 April 1930 Sold for scrap 31 October 1930
Somers[1][3][4][5][7] DD-301 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 4 July 1918 23 June 1920 10 April 1930 Sold for scrap 19 March 1931
Stoddert[1][3][4][5][7] DD-302 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 4 July 1918 30 June 1920

6 April 1931

20 May 1930

10 January 1933

Sold for scrap 30 August 1935 Renamed Light Target No. 1 (5 November 1930), Reclassified AG-18 (30 June 1931), Renamed Somers (1931), Reclassified DD-302 (16 April 1932)
Reno[1][3][4][5][7] DD-303 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 4 July 1918 23 July 1920 18 January 1930 Sold for scrap 1931
Farquhar[1][3][4][5][2] DD-304 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 13 August 1918 31 July 1920 20 February 1930 Sold for scrap 23 April 1932
Thompson[1][3][4][5][11] DD-305 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 14 August 1918 16 August 1920 4 April 1930 Sold for scrap 10 June 1930 Used as a floating restaurant in the 1930s, repurchased by the Navy in February 1944 and partly sunk in the mud flats of San Francisco Bay where Army and Navy aircraft carried out bombing runs with dummy bombs, Portions of the wreck remain above the waterline to this day.
Kennedy[1][3][4][5][6] DD-306 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 25 September 1918 28 August 1920 20 February 1930 Sold for scrap 23 April 1932
Paul Hamilton (ex-Hamilton) [1][3][4][5][6][12] DD-307 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 8 June 1918 24 September 1920 20 January 1930 Sold for scrap 1931
William Jones[1][3][4][5][10] DD-308 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 2 October 1918 30 September 1920 24 May 1930 Sold for scrap 25 February 1932
Woodbury[1][3][4][5][10] DD-309 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 3 October 1918 20 October 1920 26 October 1923 Wrecked 8 September 1923 Ran aground in the Honda Point disaster, sold for scrap 19 October 1925
S. P. Lee[1][3][4][5][7] DD-310 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 31 December 1918 30 October 1920 26 October 1923 Wrecked 8 September 1923 Ran aground in the Honda Point disaster, sold for scrap 19 October 1925
Nicholas[1][3][4][5][12] DD-311 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 11 January 1919 23 November 1920 26 October 1923 Wrecked 8 September 1923 Ran aground in the Honda Point disaster, sold for scrap 19 October 1925
Young[1][3][4][5][10] DD-312 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 28 January 1919 29 November 1920 26 October 1923 Wrecked 8 September 1923 Ran aground in the Honda Point disaster, sold for scrap 19 October 1925
Zeilin[1][3][4][5][10] DD-313 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 20 February 1919 10 December 1920 22 January 1930 Sold for scrap 1930
Yarborough[1][3][4][5][10] DD-314 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 27 February 1919 31 December 1920 29 May 1930 Sold for scrap 25 February 1932
La Vallette[1][3][4][5][8] DD-315 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 14 April 1919 24 December 1920 19 April 1930 Sold for scrap 10 June 1931
Sloat[1][3][4][5][7] DD-316 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 18 January 1919 30 December 1920 2 June 1930 Sunk as target 26 June 1935
Wood[10] DD-317 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 23 January 1919 28 January 1921 31 March 1930 Sold for scrap 14 November 1930
Shirk[1][3][4][5][7] DD-318 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 23 February 1919 25 January 1921 8 February 1930 Sold for scrap 27 January 1931
Kidder[1][3][4][5][6] DD-319 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 5 March 1919 7 February 1921 18 March 1930 Sold for scrap 31 October 1930
Selfridge[1][3][4][5][7] DD-320 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 28 April 1919 17 February 1921 18 March 1930 Sold for scrap 31 October 1930
Marcus[1][3][4][5][8] DD-321 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 20 May 1919 23 February 1921 31 May 1930 Sunk as target 25 June 1935
Mervine[1][3][4][5][8] DD-322 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 28 April 1919 28 February 1921 4 June 1930 Sold for scrap 1930
Chase[1][3][4][5][8] DD-323 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 5 May 1919 10 March 1921 15 May 1930 Sold for scrap 1931
Robert Smith[1][3][4][5][7] DD-324 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 13 May 1919 17 March 1921 1 March 1930 Sold for scrap 10 June 1931
Mullany[1][3][4][5][8] DD-325 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 3 June 1919 29 March 1921 1 May 1930 Sold for scrap 19 March 1931
Coghlan[1][3][4][5][2] DD-326 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 25 June 1919 31 March 1921 1 May 1930 Sold for scrap 19 March 1931
Preston[1][3][4][5][12] DD-327 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 19 July 1919 13 April 1921 1 May 1930 Sold for scrap 23 August 1932
Lamson[1][3][4][5][8] DD-328 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 13 August 1919 19 April 1921 1 May 1930 Sold for scrap 17 January 1931
Bruce[1][3][4][5] DD-329 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 30 July 1919 29 September 1920 1 May 1930 Sold for scrap 23 August 1932
Hull[1][3][4][5][6] DD-330 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 13 September 1920 26 April 1921 31 March 1930 Sold for scrap 10 June 1931
Macdonough[1][3][4][5][8] DD-331 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 24 May 1920 30 April 1921 8 January 1930 Sold for scrap 20 December 1930
Farenholt[1][3][4][5][2] DD-332 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 13 September 1920 10 May 1921 20 February 1930 Sold for scrap 10 June 1931
Sumner[1][3][4][5][7] DD-333 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 27 August 1919 27 May 1921 29 March 1930 Sold for scrap 12 June 1934
Corry[1][3][4][5][2] DD-334 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 15 September 1920 25 May 1921 24 April 1930 Sold for scrap 18 October 1930 Scrapping was halted after removing most of the superstructure and forward hull. The remains of the ship were then towed to and abandoned as a break wall in the Napa River where she remains as of 2023
Melvin[1][3][4][5][8] DD-335 Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco 15 September 1920 31 May 1921 8 May 1930 Sold for scrap 1930
Litchfield[1][3][4][5][8] DD-336 Mare Island Naval Shipyard 15 January 1919 12 May 1920 5 November 1945 Scrapping was completed by the Philadelphia NY 29 March 1946 Reclassified AG-98 (31 March 1945)
Zane[1][3][4][5][10] DD-337 Mare Island Naval Shipyard 15 January 1919 15 February 1921

25 February 1930

1 February 1923

14 December 1945

Sold for scrap 22 October 1946 Reclassified DMS-14 (19 November 1940), AG-109 (5 June 1945)
Wasmuth[1][3][4][5][10] DD-338 Mare Island Naval Shipyard 12 August 1919 15 December 1921

11 March 1930

26 July 1922

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Foundered 29 December 1942 Reclassified DMS-15 (19 November 1940), 27 December 1942 during a heavy Alaskan storm two depth charges were wrenched from their tracks by the pounding sea, fell over the side, and exploded beneath the ship's fantail. The blasts carried away part of the ship's stern and the ship began to founder
Trever[1][3][4][5][11] DD-339 Mare Island Naval Shipyard 12 August 1919 3 August 1922

2 June 1930

17 January 1923

23 November 1945

Sold for scrap 12 November 1946 Reclassified DMS-16 (19 November 1940), AG-110 (5 June 1945)
Perry[1][3][4][5][12] DD-340 Mare Island Naval Shipyard 15 September 1920 7 August 1922

1 April 1930

17 January 1923

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Sunk 13 September 1944 DMS-17 (19 November 1940), struck a Japanese mine
Decatur[1][3][4][5][2] DD-341 Mare Island Naval Shipyard 15 September 1920 9 August 1922

26 September 1923

17 January 1923

28 July 1945

Sold for scrap 30 November 1945
Hulbert[1][3][4][5][6] DD-342 Norfolk Naval Shipyard 18 November 1918 27 October 1920

2 August 1940

17 October 1934

2 November 1945

Sold for scrap 31 October 1946 Reclassified AVP-19 (15 November 1939), AVD-6 (2 August 1940), DD-342 (1 December 1943)
Noa[1][3][4][5][12] DD-343 Norfolk Naval Shipyard 18 November 1918 15 February 1921

1 April 1940

11 November 1934

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Foundered 12 September 1944 Reclassified APD-24 (10 August 1943), sank after being rammed by Fullam (DD-474)
William B. Preston[1][3][4][5][10] DD-344 Norfolk Naval Shipyard 18 November 1918 23 August 1920

14 June 1940

15 October 1934

6 December 1945

Sold for scrap 6 November 1946 Reclassified AVP-20 (18 November 1939, AVD-7 (2 August 1940)
Preble[1][3][4][5][12] DD-345 Bath Iron Works 12 April 1919 19 March 1920 7 December 1945 Sold for scrap 26 October 1946 Reclassified DM-20 (30 June 1937, AG-99 (5 June 1945)
Sicard[1][3][4][5][7] DD-346 Bath Iron Works 18 March 1919 9 June 1920 21 November 1945 Sold for scrap 22 June 1946 Reclassified DM-21 (20 June 1937), AG-100 (5 June 1945)
Pruitt[1][3][4][5][12] DD-347 Bath Iron Works 25 June 1919 2 September 1920 16 November 1945 Scrapped at Philadelphia Navy Yard in 1946 Reclassified DM-22 (30 June 1937), AG-101 (5 June 1945)

i - Her name was struck from the Navy list on 25 March 1942 and was soon assigned to a new ship, USS Stewart (DE-238), which was still in commission. The Stewart (DE-238) still exists as a museum at the Galveston Naval Museum.

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