The following is a list of Clemson-class destroyers.
Ships in class 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:
Hull numbers DD-186–DD-199: authorized 6 October 1917 (contract for 20 ships awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding, but last 6 cancelled) Hull numbers DD-206–DD-230: authorized 6 October 1917 (contract for 25 ships awarded to William Cramp and Sons) Hull numbers DD-231–DD-250: authorized 6 October 1917 (contract for 20 ships awarded to New York Shipbuilding) 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) Hull numbers DD-296–DD-335: authorized 6 October 1917 (contract for 40 ships awarded to Union Iron Works) 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) Hull numbers DD-345–DD-347: authorized 26 April 1917 (contract for 3 ships awarded to Bath Iron Works)
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 Builder Keel laid Commissioned Decommissioned Fate Service notes DD-186 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 11 May 1918 29 December 1919 12 July 194030 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) DD-187 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 8 June 19186 January 1920
25 October 193230 June 1922
14 December 1945Sold for scrap 17 June 1946Reclassified AG-91 (1 March 1945) DD-188 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 8 June 191826 January 1920
1 July 194014 July 1922
11 October 1945Sold for scrap 21 November 1946Reclassified 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) DD-189 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 10 July 191821 February 1920
20 April 193417 July 1922
2 June 1946Sold for scrap 25 November 1946 Commissioned into Coast Guard as CG-20 (25 April 1932-20 April 1934), Reclassified AG-24 (1 July 1935) DD-190 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 10 July 191823 December 1919
18 December 193911 July 1922
8 October 1940Sunk 31 January 1942 Transferred to Royal Navy as (8 October 1940), Torpedoed by DD-191 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 10 July 191828 February 1920 4 December 1939 31 March 1922 8 October 1940 Sunk 18 October 1941 Transferred to Royal Navy as , (8 October 1940), Torpedoed by . Lt. John Stanley Parker, RNVR was the first American killed in action whilst serving with the Royal Navy. DD-192 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 7 September 1918 13 March 1920 31 March 1922Sold for scrap 19 September 1922 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 (9 September 1940) DD-194 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 20 August 191830 September 1920
December 193911 August 1922
8 October 1940Sold for scrap by RN 1947 Commissioned into Coast Guard as CG-18 (13 September 1930-28 May 1934), Transferred to Royal Navy as (8 October 1940) DD-195 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 24 September 191814 January 1921
4 September 19398 August 1922
9 September 1940Sold for scrap by RN 1947 Commissioned into Coast Guard as CG-19 (1 October 1930-21 May 1934), Transferred to Royal Navy as (9 September 1940) DD-196 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 24 September 191828 July 1920
8 January 194011 August 1922
3 October 1945Sold for scrap 3 June 1946Commissioned 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) DD-197 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 25 October 191826 July 1920
4 December 193911 August 1922
8 October 1940Sunk 9 April 1943 Transferred to Royal Navy as (8 October 1940), Torpedoed by DD-198 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 25 November 191814 September 1920
4 December 19396 June 1922
9 September 1940Sunk 16 January 1945 Commissioned into Coast Guard as CG-17 (13 September 1931-28 May 1934), Transferred to Royal Navy as (9 September 1940), Transferred to Soviet Union as Deyatelnyi (16 July 1944), Torpedoed by U-956. DD-199 Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company 25 November 191829 October 1920
14 April 1925
25 September 193926 June 1922
23 March 1939
28 July 1945Sold for scrap 30 November 1945Renamed Alexander Dallas (31 March 1945)UnnamedDD-200Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock CompanyNeverNeverNeverCancelled 3 February 1919Construction never startedUnnamedDD-201Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock CompanyNeverNeverNeverCancelled 3 February 1919Construction never startedUnnamedDD-202Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock CompanyNeverNeverNeverCancelled 3 February 1919Construction never startedUnnamedDD-203Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock CompanyNeverNeverNeverCancelled 3 February 1919Construction never startedUnnamedDD-204Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock CompanyNeverNeverNeverCancelled 3 February 1919Construction never startedUnnamedDD-205Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock CompanyNeverNeverNeverCancelled 3 February 1919Construction never started DD-206 William Cramp & Sons 19 August 19185 September 1919
31 March 193020 October 1922
21 November 1945Sold for scrap 18 November 1946Reclassified DMS-9 (19 November 1940), AG-108 (5 June 1945) DD-207 William Cramp & Sons 18 August 191824 September 1919
6 January 19307 February 1922
5 December 1945Wrecked 9 October 1945Reclassified DMS-10 (19 October 1940), Driven aground by Typhoon Louise, Wreck blown up 14 January 1946. DD-208 William Cramp & Sons 7 September 19182 October 1919
20 February 19301 February 1923
-----Sunk 7 January 1945Reclassified DMS-11 (19 November 1940), Torpedoed by IJN aircraft. DD-209 William Cramp & Sons 23 September 191820 October 1919
29 March 193030 December 1922
-----Sunk 6 January 1945Reclassified DMS-12 (19 November 1940), Hit by 2 kamikazes. DD-210 William Cramp & Sons 8 October 191831 October 1919
5 February 193030 December 1922
20 May 1946Sold for scrap 20 November 1946Reclassified AG-96 (23 May 1945) DD-211 William Cramp & Sons 24 October 191824 November 1919
8 May 193024 January 1923
15 July 1945 Sold for scrap 30 November 1945 DD-212 William Cramp & Sons 14 August 191816 August 191915 May 1936Scuttled 25 July 1936Rammed amidships 14 April 1936 by Whipple (DD-217), Inspection showed the ship not worth repairing. DD-213 William Cramp & Sons 30 April 1919 27 December 1919 18 July 1945Sold for scrap 30 November 1945 DD-214 William Cramp & Sons 30 April 1919 9 March 1920 19 January 1946Sold for Scrap 16 May 1946Reclassified DM-19 (30 June 1937) DD-215 William Cramp & Sons 30 April 1919 24 March 1920 -----Scuttled 2 November 1943Badly damaged in an engagement with U-405 (1 November 1943). DD-216 William Cramp & Sons 21 May 1919 6 April 1920 28 July 1945Sold for scrap 30 November 1945 DD-217 William Cramp & Sons 12 June 1919 23 April 1920 9 November 1945Sold for scrap 30 September 1947Reclassified AG-117 (6 June 1945) DD-218 William Cramp & Sons 23 July 1919 11 May 1920 14 June 1944Sold for scrap 5 April 1947Rammed 2 May 1944 by SS John Morton, Inspection showed the ship not worth repairing. DD-219 William Cramp & Sons 15 September 1919 26 November 1920-----Sunk 1 March 1942Sunk by combined IJN air and surface attack DD-220 William Cramp & Sons 19 August 19192 August 1920
25 September 193911 March 1938
8 March 1946Sold for scrap 18 December 1946Reclassified AG-87 (5 January 1945) DD-221 William Cramp & Sons 9 October 19193 November 192029 March 1946Sold for scrap 21 November 1946Reclassified APD-27 (Cancelled January 1944), AG-97 (23 May 1945) DD-222 William Cramp & Sons 11 August 191916 August 192016 August 1946Sold for scrap 19 February 1947Reclassified AG-86 (1 December 1944) DD-223 William Cramp & Sons 11 August 191930 August 19204 October 1945Sold for scrap 15 December 1946Reclassified AG-118 (30 June 1945) DD-224 William Cramp & Sons 9 September 191915 September 1920
29 October 1945-----
23 May 1946Sunk as target 24 May 1946Damaged 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 DD-225 William Cramp & Sons 9 September 1919 27 October 1920-----Sunk 1 March 1942Sunk by combined IJN air and surface attack. DD-226 William Cramp & Sons 9 September 1919 22 October 1920-----Sunk 19 February 1942Sunk by IJN air attack. DD-227 William Cramp & Sons 23 October 1919 15 December 1920-----Sunk 2 March 1942Sunk by IJN in surface action DD-228 William Cramp & Sons 11 November 1919 30 December 19202 November 1945Sold for scrap 5 October 1947Renamed John D. Ford (17 November 1921), Reclassified AG-119 (July 1945) DD-229 William Cramp & Sons 3 December 1919 16 February 1921-----Wrecked 18 February 1942Ran aground and broke up "in a howling gale" off Newfoundland DD-230 William Cramp & Sons 23 December 1919 19 April 1921 5 November 1945Sold for scrap 5 October 1947Reclassified AG-120 (30 June 1945) DD-231 New York Shipbuilding 10 June 191816 April 1920
1 April 1932
25 September 193913 January 1931
28 April 1938
13 December 1946Sold for scrap 5 October 1947Reclassified AG-84 (30 June 1945) DD-232 New York Shipbuilding 11 June 191818 June 1920
18 June 1932
25 April 193920 January 1931
2 September 1938
2 August 1945Sold for scrap 30 January 1946Reclassified APD-10 (1 December 1942) DD-233 New York Shipbuilding 25 June 191830 April 1920
25 September 193931 August 1938
5 February 1946Sold for scrap 3 December 1946Reclassified APD-11 (22 January 1943) DD-234 New York Shipbuilding 25 June 191817 May 1920
1 April 1932
25 September 19392 February 1931
16 September 1938
29 November 1945Sold for scrap 12 November 1946Reclassified AG-85 (1 October 1944) DD-235 New York Shipbuilding 3 July 191811 June 1920
1 April 1932
23 September 193931 December 1930
28 April 1938
24 January 1946Sold for scrap 21 June 1946Reclassified APD-18 (25 March 1943) DD-236 New York Shipbuilding 31 July 191821 July 192026 October 1945Sold for scrap 26 August 1946 DD-237 New York Shipbuilding 31 July 1918 30 September 1920 8 November 1945Sold for scrap 29 October 1946Reclassified AVD-14 (2 August 1940), DD-237 (1 December 1943) DD-238 New York Shipbuilding 31 July 1918 29 November 1920 10 February 1931Sold for scrap 16 March 1939 DD-239 New York Shipbuilding 30 October 191830 June 1920
1932
26 September 19393 February 1931
20 November 1937