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	Clemson class destroyer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Clemson-class destroyers were commissioned by the United States Navy from 1919 to 1922, built by various shipyards.
		The Clemson class was a redesign of the Wickes class.
		Fourteen ships of the class were involved in the Honda Point Disaster in 1923, of which seven were lost.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clemson_class_destroyer (178 words)

	Town class destroyer . Royal Norwegian Navy . USS Buchanan (DD-131) . Iceland . 1952 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Caldwell class destroyer Caldwell -class destroyer USS Conner DD-72 USS Conner became HMS Leeds G27 HMS Leeds on 23 October 1940.
		Clemson class destroyer Clemson -class destroyers USS Abel P. Upshur DD-193 USS Abel P. Upshur became HMS Clare I14 HMS Clare on 9 September 1940.
		The Town class destroyers were warships transferred from the United States Navy to the Royal Navy and the Royal Canadian Navy in exchange for military bases in the Bahamas and elsewhere, as outlined in the Destroyers for Bases Agreement between Britain and United States, signed on 2 September 1940.
	www.uk.fraquisanto.net /Town_class_destroyer (417 words)

	USS Turner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first Turner (DD-259) was a Clemson-class destroyer commissioned in 1919, converted to a water barge in 1936 and renamed USS Moosehead (IX-98) in 1943.
		The second Turner (DD-648) was a Gleaves-class destroyer, commissioned in 1943 and destroyed by internal explosions in 1944.
		The third Turner (DD-834) was a Gearing-class destroyer, commissioned in 1945 and decommissioned in 1969.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Turner (161 words)

	Information on USS Abel P. Upshur (DD-193) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		USS Abel P. Upshur (DD-193) was a Clemson class destroyer Destroyer in the service of the United States Navy until traded to United Kingdom at the beginning of World War II where she served as HMS Clare.
		As HMS Clare, she was assigned to the 1st " Town class destroyer " Flotilla and arrived at Belfast, Ireland, on September 26 1940.
		In the fall of 1942, the destroyer took part in the landings of the invasion of North Africa Operation Torch As a member of the Eastern Naval Task Force, she covered landings near Algiers.
	www.information-resource.net /search/Abel_P_Upshur.html (612 words)

	USS Thompson (DD-627): Definition and Links by Encyclopedian.com - All about USS Thompson (DD-627) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Transferred to the operational command of Destroyers, Pacific Fleet, with the abolition of the Pacific Fleet Minecraft command, Thompson operated out of San Diego as a destroyer until 29 April 1948, when she returned again to Mare Island for a two-month overhaul.
		In July, she returned to San Diego and underwent training operations off the west coast, activities in which she was engaged for the remainder of 1948.
		On 16 July 1956, she was reclassified as a destroyer and hull classification symbol redesignated DD-627.
	www.encyclopedian.com /us/USS-Thompson-(DD-627).html (3983 words)

	LemaireSoft's Class: Clemson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		In the first few months of the War in the Pacific, some were used as fully-fledged destroyer (among other during the counter-attack at Balikpapan or during the battle in the Java Sea).
		The Cameron was sunk in a dry dock by the German Luftwaffe during the Battle of England and the Broadwater was the first of a long row of victims of the U-boats in the Atlantic.
		Clemson, DD 186, AVP 17, APD 31, AVD 4
	users.swing.be /classen1/classe1/5725.html (607 words)

	Honda Point Disaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On the evening of September 8, 1923, nine destroyers, while travelling at 20 knots, ran at Honda Point, a few miles from the northern side of the Santa Barbara Channel off the California coast.
		The squadron, led by Captain Edward H. Watson, was heading from San Francisco to San Diego.
		Watson was on the flagship leading the squadron of fourteen destroyers.
	www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Honda_Point_Disaster (558 words)

	Vessels of JAG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The original USS Farragut, DD 300, was a Clemson class destroyer, commissioned in June of 1920 and decommissioned in April of 1930.
		The second USS Bancroft, DD 256, was a Clemson class destroyer, commissioned in June of 1919 and decommissioned for the first time in July of 1922.
		She was an Independence Class light fleet carrier and was the first US carrier in the South China Sea in January 1945 and the first in Tokyo bay in August 1945.
	www.jagarchive.com /Miscellaneous/VesselsOfJAG.htm (3022 words)

	USS Dale (DD-290) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The third USS Dale (DD-290) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy.
		Assigned to Destroyer Force, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, she operated with destroyer squadrons along the Atlantic coast, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean.
		Dale operated with Destroyer Squadrons, Scouting Fleet, on the Atlantic coast, in the Caribbean, and in the Panama Canal Zone until arrival at Philadelphia September 21, 1929.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Dale_(DD-290) (296 words)

	Encyclopedia: Town class destroyer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Roughly contemporaneous to the British V and W class destroyers they were not much liked by their new crews.
		On the Wickes class, the placement was one gun in a shield on the forecastle, one on the quarterdeck and one each side on wings roughly abeam of the forward funnel.
		She was destroyed in Operation Chariot on 29 March 1942.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Town-class-destroyer (1627 words)

	uss somers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Her service until 1919 was principally with the Maryland and Illinois Naval Militias and on coastal patrol during World War I.
		The fourth USS Somers (DD-301) was a Clemson-class destroyer engaged in peacetime operations with the Pacific Fleet from 1920 until she was scrapped under the London Disarmament Treaty in 1930.
		The sixth USS Somers (DDG-34, ex-DD-947) was a Forrest Sherman-class destroyer when her keel was laid down at the Bath Iron Works on 4 March 1958, she was launched on 30 May, and commissioned on 3 April 1959.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /USS_Somers.html (333 words)

	USS Chauncey (DD-296)
		From the time of her commissioning, Chauncey sailed from San Diego and Mare Island to Hawaii and along the Pacific coast taking part in fleet exercises, gunnery practice, and other training activities.
		From 15 July 1920 to 14 October 1921, she was in ready reserve at San Diego and Mare Island, then returned to active duty as flagship of Destroyer Division 31.
		All seven destroyers, including Chauncey, went aground on the jagged rocks off Point Pedernales, in what was called the Honda Point Disaster.
	www.mcfly.org /wik/USS_Chauncey_(DD-296) (273 words)

	DD-186 Clemson class
		The primary feature differentiating the two classes was the provision for oil bunkers to the sides of the boiler rooms in the Clemson class, with hopes of remedying the problematical situation in the Wickes class of widely varying endurances.
		Fourteen destroyers were rebuild as seaplane tenders in 1938-1940, losing two boilers in favor of aviation-fuel storage; another four were converted to fast minelayers in 1930-1937, and nine to fast minesweepers in 1940-1942.
		Eleven Clemson class destroyers and two seaplane carrier conversions were serving with the Asiatic Fleet in 1941, providing valuable service and making the first U.S. torpedo attack at Balikpapan.
	www.microworks.net /pacific/ships/destroyers/clemson.htm (360 words)

	USS Farragut
		Five destroyers of the United States Navy have been named USS Farragut in honor of David Farragut, an admiral of the United States Navy during the American Civil War.
		The third Farragut (DD-348)[?], the lead ship of her class of destroyers[?], saw action during World War II.
		For the first half her Cold War career, she was a guided missile frigate; for the second, a guided missile destroyer.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/us/USS_Farragut.html (169 words)

	clemson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		CLEMSON, SC - Yannick Reyering scored with 5:43 left in the second overtime period in leading sixth-ranked Virginia to a 1-0 win over Clemson in a men's Atlantic Coast Conference soccer match last night.
		Clemson University Clemson University, located in Clemson, South Carolina, was founded in 1889, a legacy of Thomas Green Clemson, who willed his Fort Hill plantation home, its surrounding farmlands and forest, and other property to the state of South Carolina to establish a technical and scientific institution for South Carolina.
		He attended Clemson University, and in 1987 was selected by the Michael Jordan-led Chicago Bulls with the 10th overall pick in the NBA draft.
	www.searchtermtrends.com /terms/clemson.html (1095 words)

	USS Farragut explained (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The third Farragut (DD-348), the lead ship of her class of destroyers, was commissioned on 18 June 1934.
		The fourth Farragut (DDG-37) was also the lead ship of her class of destroyers (''Farragut''-class guided missile frigate/destroyer), commissioned on 10 December 1960.
		In early 2373, the Farragut was assigned to evacuate Federation colonists on Ajilon Prime and was later destroyed by the Klingons near the Lembatta Cluster.
	www.wordspider.net /us/uss-farragut.html (477 words)

	USS Dale (DD 290) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The third USS Dale (DD-290) was a Clemson class destroyer destroyer in the United States Navy.
		Assigned to Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet, she operated with destroyer squadrons along the Atlantic (ocean) coast, in the Gulf of Mexico, and in the Caribbean.
		Dale operated with Destroyer Squadrons, Scouting Fleet, on the Atlantic coast, in the Caribbean, and in the Panama Canal Zone until arrival at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania September 21, 1929.
	read-and-go.hopto.org /US-Navy-destroyers/USS-Dale-(DD-290).html (257 words)

	DD-186 Clemson
		They were a repeat of the Wickes (DD-75) class destroyers but with 35% more fuel capacity (375 tons) which increased endurance to 2500 miles at 20 knots, or 4900 miles at 15 knots.
		On 8 September 1923, seven destroyers of this class ran hard aground and were wrecked at Honda Point, California due to navigational error.
		The Reuben James (DD-245) of this class was the first US warship to be sunk by hostile action during World War Two; she was torpedoed by German submarine U-562 on 31 October 1941 with the loss of 115 men.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/ship/dd-186.htm (279 words)

	USN Ships--USS Henshaw (Destroyer # 278, later DD-278)
		The destroyer was out of commission between June 1922 and September 1923, then returned to a routine of training and maneuvers in the Eastern Pacific, with a voyage to Hawaii in 1925 and occasional visits to the Caribbean for major fleet operations.
		Destroyers in Dry Dock Number Two, receiving modified after deckhouses to carry the after 4"/50 guns further from the waterline, September 1922.
		The destroyers under construction in the foreground are, from the foreground: Meyer (Destroyer # 279, builder's # 359), Henshaw (Destroyer # 278, builder's # 358) and Moody (Destroyer # 277, builder's # 357).
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-h/dd278.htm (582 words)

	USS Humphreys (DD-236) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Humphreys (DD-236/APD-12) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II.
		During the critical early months she operated as a coastal escort ship between San Pedro and Seattle, Washington but in May she sailed northward to Kodiak, Alaska, arriving 31 May 1942.
		In the bleak Aleutian Islands she escorted transports, patrolled American-held islands, and engaged in exercises with Honolulu, Indianapolis, and several destroyers.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Humphreys_%28DD-236%29 (1550 words)

	USS Simpson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The first was named for Rear Admiral Edward Simpson and the second was named for Rear Admiral Rodger W. Simpson.
		The first Simpson (DD-221) was a Clemson-class destroyer, commissioned in 1920 and decommissioned in 1946.
		The second Simpson (FFG-56) is an Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided missile frigate, commissioned in 1985 and actively serving as of 2005.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Simpson (133 words)

	USS Thompson (DD 627) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		One day out, 16October, the wind and sea rose, presaging a heavy storm which served to scatter parts of the convoy and causeThompson to note in her log numerous times, "telling stragglers to close up." After the transatlantic voyage,Thompson was released from escort duty on 31 October to proceed to Casablanca, French Morocco.
		Transferred tothe operational command of Destroyers, Pacific Fleet, with the abolition of the Pacific Fleet Minecraft command,Thompson operated out of San Diego as a destroyer until 29 April 1948, when she returned again to Mare Island for a two-month overhaul.
		In July, she returned to SanDiego and underwent training operations off the west coast, activities in which she was engaged for the remainder of 1948.
	www.therfcc.org /uss-thompson-dd-627--273024.html (3797 words)

	Moody
		The destroyer was decommissioned 27 September 1923, with Lt. E.
		The destroyer was struck from the Navy list 3 November and scrapped in accordance with the London Treaty limiting naval armaments.
		The four-stack destroyers were virtually made of brass--its main attraction for wreck divers.
	www.cawreckdivers.org /Wrecks/moody.htm (1056 words)

	Business Software Review : Article 'USS Somers' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The sixth, Somers (DDG-34, ex-DD-947), was a Forrest Sherman -class destroyer when her keel was laid down at the Bath Iron Works on 4 March 1958, she was launched on 30 May, and commissioned on 3 April 1959.
		The second USS Warrington (DD-383) was a Somers -class destroyer launched in 1937 and sunk in battle in 1943 during World War II.
		The first USS Jouett (DD-41) was a Paulding -class destroyer launched in 1912, served in World War I. She served in the United States Coast Guard from 1924 to 1930.
	www.business-software-review.org /DisplayArticle59202.html (908 words)

	USS Reuben James - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Reuben James was a Boatswain's Mate who distinguished himself fighting the Barbary pirates.
		The first Reuben James (DD-245), a four-stack Clemson-class destroyer, was the first US Navy ship sunk by hostile action in World War II.
		The second Reuben James (DE-153), a Buckley-class destroyer escort, escorted convoys during World War II.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Reuben_James (150 words)

	History of the USS Farragut
		The second USS Farragut, a 1190-ton Clemson class destroyer built at San Francisco, California, was commissioned in June 1920.
		As part of a general realignment of the Navy's destroyer force, USS Farragut was decommissioned in April 1930 and scrapped later in that year.
		With Commander E. Buckmaster in command, she was commissioned in June 1934 as the first U.S. Navy destroyer built in more than a decade, and operated in the Atlantic area until the spring of 1935.
	members.cox.net /ussfarragut/command/history_farragut.htm (1162 words)

	History of the USS Stewart (DD-224) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		It was called the “Phantom Destroyer” and the “Ghost Ship of the Pacific” but what it really was turned out to be was a great surprise at the end of the war in the Pacific.
		Was it a new class of Japanese vessel?
		The second American warship to bear the name of Rear Admiral Charles Stewart, the USS Stewart was laid down as a Clemson class destroyer on 9 September 1919 by William Cramp and Sons at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
	users3.ev1.net /~de238/stewart/history006.htm (4191 words)

	Association of Underwater Explorers - USS STURTEVANT (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		She was a Clemson-Class destroyer built in 1919.
		The Sturtevant was 314 feet in length, and 31 feet in beam.
		The destroyer slammed into several mines that sent her to the bottom.
	uwex.us /sturt.htm (135 words)

	DDG 96 Bainbridge
		USS Bainbridge, a 420-ton destroyer that was the first of her class, and the first ship classified as a destroyer by the U.S. Navy, was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
		Accompanied by four of her sister destroyers, she steamed across the Atlantic, transited the Mediterranean, passed through the Suez Canal and crossed the Indian Ocean, arriving at Cavite, near Manila, in April 1904.
		Between September 1917 and mid-1918 the destroyer operated in the vicinity of Gibraltar, escorting convoys and conducting patrols.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/navy/ddg-96.htm (2118 words)

	Science Fair Projects - USS Broome (DD-210) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		USS Broome (DD-210), later AG-96, was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy.
		In 1941 she was attached to Destroyer Division 63, Patrol Force, and operated with the Neutrality Patrol on the Atlantic coast.
		Later that year, she served as a convoy escort between Iceland and the United States.
	www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/USS_Broome_%28AG-96%29 (504 words)

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