List of Clemson-class destroyers explained

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:

  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)
  3. Hull numbers DD-231–DD-250: authorized 6 October 1917 (contract for 20 ships awarded to New York Shipbuilding)
  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)
  5. Hull numbers DD-296–DD-335: authorized 6 October 1917 (contract for 40 ships awarded to Union Iron Works)
  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)
  7. 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 nameBuilderKeel laidCommissionedDecommissionedFateService notes
[2] [3] [4] [5] DD-186Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company11 May 191829 December 191912 July 194030 June 1922

12 October 1945

Sold for scrap 21 November 1946Reclassified 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-187Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company8 June 19186 January 1920

25 October 1932

30 June 1922

14 December 1945

Sold for scrap 17 June 1946Reclassified AG-91 (1 March 1945)
[6] DD-188Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company8 June 191826 January 1920

1 July 1940

14 July 1922

11 October 1945

Sold 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)
[7] DD-189Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company10 July 191821 February 1920

20 April 1934

17 July 1922

2 June 1946

Sold for scrap 25 November 1946Commissioned into Coast Guard as CG-20 (25 April 1932-20 April 1934), Reclassified AG-24 (1 July 1935)
DD-190Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company10 July 191823 December 1919

18 December 1939

11 July 1922

8 October 1940

Sunk 31 January 1942Transferred to Royal Navy as (8 October 1940), Torpedoed by
[8] DD-191Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company10 July 191828 February 1920----4 December 193931 March 1922----8 October 1940Sunk 18 October 1941Transferred 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.
[9] DD-192Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company7 September 191813 March 192031 March 1922Sold for scrap 19 September 1922
DD-193Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company20 August 191823 December 19204 December 19397 August 19229 September 1940Sold for scrap by RN 1947Commissioned into Coast Guard as CG-15 (5 November 1930-21 May 1934), Transferred to Royal Navy as (9 September 1940)
DD-194Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company20 August 191830 September 1920

December 1939

11 August 1922

8 October 1940

Sold for scrap by RN 1947Commissioned into Coast Guard as CG-18 (13 September 1930-28 May 1934), Transferred to Royal Navy as (8 October 1940)
[10] DD-195Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company24 September 191814 January 1921

4 September 1939

8 August 1922

9 September 1940

Sold for scrap by RN 1947Commissioned into Coast Guard as CG-19 (1 October 1930-21 May 1934), Transferred to Royal Navy as (9 September 1940)
DD-196Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company24 September 191828 July 1920

8 January 1940

11 August 1922

3 October 1945

Sold 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-197Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company25 October 191826 July 1920

4 December 1939

11 August 1922

8 October 1940

Sunk 9 April 1943Transferred to Royal Navy as (8 October 1940), Torpedoed by
DD-198Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company25 November 191814 September 1920

4 December 1939

6 June 1922

9 September 1940

Sunk 16 January 1945Commissioned 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-199Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company25 November 191829 October 1920

14 April 1925

25 September 1939

26 June 1922

23 March 1939

28 July 1945

Sold for scrap 30 November 1945Renamed Alexander Dallas (31 March 1945)
UnnamedDD-200Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock CompanyNeverNeverNeverCancelled 3 February 1919Construction never started
UnnamedDD-201Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock CompanyNeverNeverNeverCancelled 3 February 1919Construction never started
UnnamedDD-202Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock CompanyNeverNeverNeverCancelled 3 February 1919Construction never started
UnnamedDD-203Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock CompanyNeverNeverNeverCancelled 3 February 1919Construction never started
UnnamedDD-204Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock CompanyNeverNeverNeverCancelled 3 February 1919Construction never started
UnnamedDD-205Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock CompanyNeverNeverNeverCancelled 3 February 1919Construction never started
DD-206William Cramp & Sons19 August 19185 September 1919

31 March 1930

20 October 1922

21 November 1945

Sold for scrap 18 November 1946Reclassified DMS-9 (19 November 1940), AG-108 (5 June 1945)
DD-207William Cramp & Sons18 August 191824 September 1919

6 January 1930

7 February 1922

5 December 1945

Wrecked 9 October 1945Reclassified DMS-10 (19 October 1940), Driven aground by Typhoon Louise, Wreck blown up 14 January 1946
DD-208William Cramp & Sons7 September 19182 October 1919

20 February 1930

1 February 1923

-----|Sunk 7 January 1945|Reclassified DMS-11 (19 November 1940), Torpedoed by IJN aircraft|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-209| William Cramp & Sons| 23 September 1918|20 October 1919

29 March 1930|30 December 1922

-----|Sunk 6 January 1945|Reclassified DMS-12 (19 November 1940), Hit by2 kamikazes|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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)|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-213| William Cramp & Sons| 30 April 1919| 27 December 1919| 18 July 1945|Sold for scrap 30 November 1945||-! scope="row" | [11] ! scope="row" | 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)|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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)|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-216| William Cramp & Sons| 21 May 1919| 6 April 1920| 28 July 1945|Sold for scrap 30 November 1945||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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)|-! scope="row" | [12] ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-219| William Cramp & Sons| 15 September 1919| 26 November 1920|-----

Sunk 1 March 1942Sunk by combined IJN air and surface attack
DD-220William Cramp & Sons19 August 19192 August 1920

25 September 1939

11 March 1938

8 March 1946

Sold for scrap 18 December 1946Reclassified AG-87 (5 January 1945)
DD-221William Cramp & Sons9 October 19193 November 192029 March 1946Sold for scrap 21 November 1946Reclassified APD-27 (Cancelled January 1944), AG-97 (23 May 1945)
DD-222William Cramp & Sons11 August 191916 August 192016 August 1946Sold for scrap 19 February 1947Reclassified AG-86 (1 December 1944)
DD-223William Cramp & Sons11 August 191930 August 19204 October 1945Sold for scrap 15 December 1946Reclassified AG-118 (30 June 1945)
DD-224William Cramp & Sons9 September 191915 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-225| William Cramp & Sons| 9 September 1919| 27 October 1920|-----

Sunk 1 March 1942Sunk by combined IJN air and surface attack
DD-226William Cramp & Sons9 September 191922 October 1920-----|Sunk 19 February 1942|Sunk by IJN air attack|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-227| William Cramp & Sons| 23 October 1919| 15 December 1920|-----|Sunk 2 March 1942|Sunk by IJN in surface action|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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)|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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-230William Cramp & Sons23 December 191919 April 19215 November 1945Sold for scrap 5 October 1947Reclassified AG-120 (30 June 1945)
DD-231New York Shipbuilding10 June 191816 April 1920

1 April 1932

25 September 1939

13 January 1931

28 April 1938

13 December 1946

Sold for scrap 5 October 1947Reclassified AG-84 (30 June 1945)
DD-232New York Shipbuilding11 June 191818 June 1920

18 June 1932

25 April 1939

20 January 1931

2 September 1938

2 August 1945

Sold for scrap 30 January 1946Reclassified APD-10 (1 December 1942)
DD-233New York Shipbuilding25 June 191830 April 1920

25 September 1939

31 August 1938

5 February 1946

Sold for scrap 3 December 1946Reclassified APD-11 (22 January 1943)
DD-234New York Shipbuilding25 June 191817 May 1920

1 April 1932

25 September 1939

2 February 1931

16 September 1938

29 November 1945

Sold for scrap 12 November 1946Reclassified AG-85 (1 October 1944)
DD-235New York Shipbuilding3 July 191811 June 1920

1 April 1932

23 September 1939

31 December 1930

28 April 1938

24 January 1946

Sold for scrap 21 June 1946Reclassified APD-18 (25 March 1943)
DD-236New York Shipbuilding31 July 191821 July 192026 October 1945Sold for scrap 26 August 1946
DD-237New York Shipbuilding31 July 191830 September 19208 November 1945Sold for scrap 29 October 1946Reclassified AVD-14 (2 August 1940), DD-237 (1 December 1943)
DD-238New York Shipbuilding31 July 191829 November 192010 February 1931Sold for scrap 16 March 1939
DD-239New York Shipbuilding30 October 191830 June 1920

1932

26 September 1939

3 February 1931

20 November 1937

30 July 1945

Sold for scrap 30 November 1945Reclassified APD-23 (21 August 1943)
DD-240New York Shipbuilding23 November 191824 September 1920-----|Sunk 26 April 1942|Struck 3 mines when passing through an American-laid minefield the existence the crew had no knowledge|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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)|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-242| New York Shipbuilding| 28 April 1919| 16 December 1920|23 October 1945|Sold for scrap 29 September 1946||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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)|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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)|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-245| New York Shipbuilding| 2 April 1919| 24 September 1920|-----|Sunk 31 October 1941| Torpedoed by, Second American naval casualty of World War II|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-246| New York Shipbuilding| 26 May 1919| 9 February 1921| 21 July 1945|Sold for scrap 30 November 1945||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-247| New York Shipbuilding| 16 June 1919| 19 June 1921| 21 July 1945|Sold for scrap 30 November 1945||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-250| New York Shipbuilding| 14 August 1919| 18 April 1921| 24 October 1945|Sold for scrap 1 October 1946||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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, Hit by 3 torpedoes from 21 September 1943|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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, Torpedoed by |-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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)|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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, collided with a collier on the way to be scrapped and sank 14 July 1945|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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, 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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)|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-262| Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard| 20 April 1918|27 March 1919|22 May 1929|Sold for scrap 25 February 1932||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | (ex-Anthony)! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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)|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-271| Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard| 20 July 1918| 21 July 1919|15 June 1922|Sold for scrap 29 September 1936||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-272| Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard| 8 August 1918| 25 July 1919|24 May 1922|Sold for scrap 29 September 1936||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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)|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-276| Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard| 2 November 1918|22 September 1919|1 April 1930|Sold for scrap 2 September 1931||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-278| Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard| 31 December 1918| 10 December 1919|11 March 1930|Sold for scrap 14 November 1930||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-279| Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard| 6 February 1919| 17 December 1919|15 May 1929|Sold for scrap 25 February 1932||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-280| Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard| 24 March 1919| 17 December 1919|25 February 1930|Sold for scrap 20 December 1930||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-281| Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard| 14 April 1919| 28 November 1919|1 May 1930|Sold for scrap 17 January 1931||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-282| Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard| 26 April 1919| 9 December 1919|1 May 1930|Sold for scrap 17 January 1931||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-283| Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard| 8 May 1919| 1 December 1919|1 May 1930|Sold for scrap 17 January 1931||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-284| Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard| 24 May 1919| 4 December 1919|1 May 1930|Sold for scrap 17 January 1931||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-285| Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard| 3 June 1919| 8 December 1919|22 October 1930|Sold for scrap 17 January 1931||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-286| Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard| 14 June 1919| 10 December 1919|1 May 1930|Sold for scrap 17 January 1931||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-289| Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard| 21 July 1919| 25 February 1920|1 May 1930|Sold for scrap 17 January 1931||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-291| Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard| 13 August 1919| 28 April 1920|1 May 1930|Sold for scrap 17 January 1931||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-292| Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard| 9 September 1919| 3 December 1919|1 May 1930|Sold for scrap 17 January 1931||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-293| Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard| 8 September 1919| 1 March 1920|1 May 1930|Sold for scrap 17 January 1931||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-294| Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Squantum Victory Yard| 11 September 1919| 23 March 1920|1 May 1930|Sold for scrap 17 January 1931||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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||-! scope="row" | (ex-Swasey)! scope="row" | 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||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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)|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-303| Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco| 4 July 1918| 23 July 1920|18 January 1930|Sold for scrap 1931||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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.|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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||-! scope="row" | (ex-Hamilton) ! scope="row" | DD-307| Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco| 8 June 1918| 24 September 1920|20 January 1930|Sold for scrap 1931||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-313| Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco| 20 February 1919| 10 December 1920|22 January 1930|Sold for scrap 1930||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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||-!!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!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!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||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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||-!!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!DD-322|Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco|28 April 1919|28 February 1921|4 June 1930|Sold for scrap 1930||-!Chase!DD-323|Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco|5 May 1919|10 March 1921|15 May 1930|Sold for scrap 1931||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-335| Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Union Iron Works, San Francisco| 15 September 1920| 31 May 1921|8 May 1930|Sold for scrap 1930||-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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)|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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)|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | DD-338| Mare Island Naval Shipyard| 12 August 1919|15 December 1921

11 March 1930|26 July 1922

-----|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|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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)|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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 1944DMS-17 (19 November 1940), struck a Japanese mine
DD-341Mare Island Naval Shipyard15 September 19209 August 1922

26 September 1923

17 January 1923

28 July 1945

Sold for scrap 30 November 1945
DD-342Norfolk Naval Shipyard18 November 191827 October 1920

2 August 1940

17 October 1934

2 November 1945

Sold for scrap 31 October 1946Reclassified AVP-19 (15 November 1939), AVD-6 (2 August 1940), DD-342 (1 December 1943)
DD-343Norfolk Naval Shipyard18 November 191815 February 1921

1 April 1940

11 November 1934

-----|Foundered 12 September 1944|Reclassified APD-24 (10 August 1943), sank after being rammed by Fullam (DD-474)|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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)|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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)|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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)|-! scope="row" | ! scope="row" | 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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Notes and References

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  2. Book: Naval Historical Center . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Volume II (C-F) . US Government Printing Office . 1959.
  3. Book: Friedman, Norman . U.S. Destroyers, Revised Edition: An Illustrated Design History . Naval Institute Press . 2004 . 1-55750-442-3.
  4. Web site: Naval History and Heritage Command . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .
  5. Web site: NavSource Naval History . NavSource Naval History .
  6. Book: Naval Historical Center . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Volume III (G-K) . US Government Printing Office . 1968.
  7. Book: Naval Historical Center . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Volume VI (R-S) . US Government Printing Office . 1976.
  8. Book: Naval Historical Center . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Volume IV (L-M) . US Government Printing Office . 1969.
  9. Book: Naval Historical Center . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Volume III (G-K) . US Government Printing Office . 1968.
  10. Book: Naval Historical Center . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Volume VIII (W–Z) . US Government Printing Office . 1981.
  11. Book: Naval Historical Center . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Volume VII (T-V) . US Government Printing Office . 1981.
  12. Book: Naval Historical Center . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Volume V (N-Q) . US Government Printing Office . 1970.

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