USS Williamson
Service
- 29 October 1920 — 8 November 19452,193 days of the war
- Name
- USS Williamson
- Namesake
- William Price Williamson
- Builder
- New York Shipbuilding
- Laid down
- 27 March 1919
- Launched
- 16 October 1919
- Commissioned
- 29 October 1920
- Decommissioned
- 8 November 1945
- Struck
- 19 December 1945
- Fate
- Sold for scrap, 30 October 1946 (1946)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 1,190 long tons (1,209 t)
- Length
- 95.71 m (314 ft)
- Beam
- 9.14 m (30 ft)
- Draught
- 2.74 m (9 ft)
- Speed
- 35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
- Range
- 4,914 nmi (9,101 km)
- Complement
- 122
- Main gun
- 102 mm (4 in)
USS Williamson was a Clemson-class destroyer built for the United States Navy. The ship was named after William Price Williamson. New York Shipbuilding laid her keel on 27 March 1919. She entered service on 29 October 1920, having been launched on 16 October 1919.
Her class ran to 84 ships. The class followed the Wickes-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Farragut-class destroyer (1934).
She displaced 1,190 long tons. She measured 95.7 m (314 ft) long with a beam of 9.1 m (30 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 122.
Her main battery was four 102 mm (4 in) guns.
She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 8 November 1945. She was struck from the register on 19 December 1945.
She was broken up for scrap on 30 October 1946.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 26,500 shp (20 MW)
- geared turbines
- 2 screws
- Armament
- 4 x 4 in guns, 1 x 3 in gun, 12 x 21-inch (533 mm) tt.
Sister ships
- HMCS Buxton (H96)
- HMCS St. Croix (I81)
- HMCS St. Francis (I93)
- HMS Belmont (H46)
- HMS Beverley (H64)
- HMS Bradford (H72)
- HMS Broadwater (H81)
- HMS Broadway (H90)
- HMS Burnham (H82)
- HMS Burwell (H94)
- HMS Buxton (H96)
- HMS Cameron (I05)
- HMS Chesterfield (I28)
- HMS Churchill (I45)
- HMS Clare (I14)
- HMS Ramsey (G60)
- HMS Reading (G71)
- HMS Ripley (G79)
- HMS Rockingham (G58)
- HMS Sherwood (I80)
- HMS Stanley (I73)
- Soviet destroyer Dejatelny
- USS Abel P. Upshur
- USS Alden
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Williamson on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 49963 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons