Editing Clemson-class destroyer (section)

== Armament ==
[[File:USS Lamson (DD-328).jpg|thumb|Overhead view of {{USS|Lamson|DD-328|6}}.]]
The main armament was the same as the ''Wickes'' class: four [[4"/50 caliber gun|{{convert|4|in|mm|adj=on|0}}/50 caliber guns]] and twelve {{convert|21|in|mm|adj=on|0}} [[torpedo tubes]]. The [[Mark 8 torpedo]] was initially equipped, and probably remained the standard torpedo for this class, as 600 Mark 8 torpedoes were issued to the British in 1940 as part of the [[Destroyers for Bases Agreement]].<ref name="navyhist">{{cite web | title = Torpedo History: Torpedo Mk8 | url = http://www.history.navy.mil/museums/keyport/html/part2.htm | access-date = 29 Dec 2013 | archive-date = 15 September 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140915054904/http://www.history.navy.mil/museums/keyport/html/part2.htm | url-status = dead }}</ref>

Although the design provided for two [[anti-aircraft]] (AA) guns, most ships carried a single [[3"/23 caliber gun|{{convert|3|in|mm|adj=on|0}}/23 caliber]] AA gun, typically on the aft deckhouse. A frequent modification was replacing the aft 4-inch gun with the 3-inch gun to make more room for the [[depth charge]] tracks.<ref name="Friedman, p. 44"/> [[Anti-submarine]] (ASW) armament was added during or after construction. Typically, two depth charge tracks were provided aft, along with a [[Y-gun]] depth charge projector forward of the aft deckhouse.<ref name="Friedman, p. 45">Friedman, p. 45</ref>

Despite the provision for 5-inch guns, only seven ships were built with an increased gun armament. {{USS|Hovey|DD-208|6}} and {{USS|Long|DD-209|6}} had twin 4-inch/50 mounts for a total of eight guns, while DD 231–235 had four [[5"/51 caliber gun|{{convert|5|in|mm|adj=on|0}}/51 caliber gun]]s in place of the 4-inch guns.