Editing Clemson-class destroyer (section)

{{short description|Destroyer class of the US Navy}}
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|Ship image=File:USS Barker (DD-213) at anchor 1928.jpg
|Ship caption=USS ''Barker'' in 1928
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{{Infobox ship class overview
|Name=''Clemson'' class
|Builders=
*Bethlehem
**[[Fore River Shipyard]], MA (10)
**[[Victory Destroyer Plant|Squantum Victory Yard]], MA (35)
**[[Union Iron Works|San Franscisco]], CA (40)
*[[William Cramp & Sons]], PA (25)
*[[New York Shipbuilding Corporation|New York Ship]], NY (20)
*[[Newport News Shipbuilding]], VA (14)
*[[Mare Island Naval Shipyard]], CA (6)
*[[Norfolk Naval Shipyard]], VA (3)
*[[Bath Iron Works]], ME (3)
|Operators=
* {{navy|United States|1912}}
* {{coast guard|United States|1915}}
* {{navy|United Kingdom}}
* {{naval|Canada|1911}}
* {{navy|Soviet Union|1935}}
* {{navy|Empire of Japan}}

|Class before={{sclass|Wickes|destroyer|4}}
|Class after={{sclass|Farragut|destroyer (1934)|4}}
|Subclasses={{sclass2|Town|destroyer|4}}
|Cost=
|Built range=1918–1922
|In service range=1919–1948
|In commission range=
|Total ships building=
|Total ships planned=162
|Total ships completed=156
|Total ships cancelled=6 (DD-200 to DD-205)
|Total ships active=
|Total ships laid up=
|Total ships lost= 20
|Total ships retired=
|Total ships preserved=
}}
{{Infobox ship characteristics
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|Ship class=
|Ship type=[[Destroyer]]
|Ship tonnage=
|Ship displacement=*1,215 tons (normal)
*1,308 tons (full load)
|Ship length= {{convert|314|ft|4.5|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|30|ft|11.5|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship height=
|Ship draft={{convert|9|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship depth=
|Ship power=
|Ship propulsion=*4 × [[boiler]]s, {{convert|300|psi|abbr=on}} [[saturated steam]]<ref name="proceedings">Thomas, Donald I., CAPT USN "Recommissioning Destroyers, 1939 Style" ''United States Naval Institute Proceedings'' September 1979 p.71</ref>
*2 [[gear]]ed [[steam turbine]]s
*{{convert|27600|hp|abbr=on}}
*2 shafts
|Ship sail plan=
|Ship speed={{convert|35.5|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship range=*4,900 [[Nautical mile|nmi]] (9,100 km)
*&nbsp; @ {{convert|15|kn|km/h|abbr=on}}
|Ship endurance=
|Ship boats=
|Ship capacity=
|Ship troops=
|Ship complement=
|Ship crew=*8 officers
*8 chief petty officers
*106 enlisted
|Ship time to activate=
|Ship sensors=
|Ship EW=
|Ship armament=*4 × [[4"/50 caliber gun|4 inch/50 caliber guns]] (102 mm)
*1 × [[3"/23 caliber gun|3 inch/23 caliber gun]] (76 mm) ([[anti-aircraft]])
*12 × [[Mark 8 torpedo|21 inch]] [[torpedo tubes]] (4 × 3) (533 mm)<ref name="proceedings"/>
|Ship armor=
|Ship notes=
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The '''''Clemson'' class''' was a series of 156 [[destroyer]]s (6 more were cancelled and never begun) which served with the [[United States Navy]] from after [[World War I]] through [[World War II]].

The ''Clemson''-class ships were commissioned by the United States Navy from 1919 to 1922, built by [[Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding|Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company]], [[New York Shipbuilding Corporation]], [[William Cramp & Sons]], [[Bethlehem Steel Corporation]], [[Mare Island Naval Shipyard]], [[Norfolk Naval Shipyard]] and [[Bath Iron Works]], some quite rapidly. The ''Clemson'' class was a minor redesign of the {{sclass|Wickes|destroyer|4}} for greater fuel capacity and was the last pre-World War II class of [[flush-deck]] destroyers to be built for the [[United States]]. Until the {{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer}}, the ''Clemson''s were the most numerous class of destroyers commissioned in the United States Navy and were known colloquially as "flush-deckers”, "four-stackers" or "four-pipers".
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