Soviet destroyer Dejatelny

USS Dejatelny was a Clemson-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number I45. The ship was named after William Lewis Herndon. Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company laid her keel on 25 November 1918. She entered service on 14 September 1920, having been launched on 31 May 1919.

She was one of 84 ships of her class. 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 9.4 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 35 knots, and she carried a complement of 122.

Her main battery was four 102 mm (4 in) guns. Her machinery developed 26,500 shp.

She served with the United States Navy as USS Herndon until 9 September 1940. She then passed to the Royal Navy, serving as HMS Churchill from 9 September 1940. She then passed to the Soviet Navy, serving as Deyatelny (Деятельный) from 16 July 1944. She was in commission for 1,964 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 6 June 1922. She was struck from the register on 8 January 1941.

She was sunk on 16 January 1945, at 69°04′N 36°10′E. The wreck survives.

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